Health Minister Damodar Raja Narsimha on Thursday made a surprise visit to the government hospital in Sangareddy and inspected the out-patient ward, medicines stock room and the dialysis centre at the facility. The government is committed to strengthening the government hospitals and providing quality healthcare to people belonging to all sections of society.
He held meetings with the medical college teaching staff and medicos. He told them, “Let us soon lay the foundation stone for a 500-bed hospital in Sangareddy.”
He called for maintaining sanitation at the hospital.
He told the medical fraternity that the medical profession is a noble profession and wanted them to discharge their duties with diligence. He suggested that medical students adopt friendly approach while dealing with patients .
Objective of the state government is to provide quality medical treatment to all patients, especially the poor. He described Sangareddy town as a heart to the people who visit Sangareddy from the adjacent Assembly constituencies for medical treatment.
He wanted the private hospitals to follow the medical ethics instead of ill treating the patients.
All medical equipment should be available at the district hospital and exhorted the people to utilise facilities in government hospitals instead of spending money in private hospitals. The government is committed to strengthening the government hospitals.
He asked the hospital authorities to increase the beds in the dialysis ward. He asked the government officials to complete the hostel building on the premises of the hospital and other buildings remained incomplete as early as possible.
District collector Kranti Valluru, trainee collector Manoj, TGIIC chairman Nirmala Jagga Reddy, municipal chairman Vijayalakshmi, RDO Vasanta Kumar, MDE Dr N Vani, Government General Hospital superintendent Dr Anil, Government Medical College principal Dr Sudha, DMHO Dr Gayatri, TPCC president Jagareddy, elected people’s representatives, officials of the concerned government departments and others were present.