Exclusive Paediatric Hospital Soon in Tirupati - TTD Chairman

 

Tirupati, 27 Aug. 20: Considering the necessity and importance of children Medicare, TTD is mulling for an exclusive super specialty hospital in Tirupati which will become a boon to treat the children suffering from chronic diseases, said TTD Trust Board Chief Sri YV Subba Reddy.

 

The BIRRD Committee and Medical Committee meeting was held in the meeting hall of BIRRD Ortho Hospital in Tirupati on Thursday along with Executive Committee members Sri Govinda Hari, Sri Muralikrishna, Sri Siva Shankar, TTD JEO Sri P Basanth Kumar and BIRRD Director Dr Madan Mohan Reddy and CMO Dr Narmada.

 

After the meeting, the Chairman said, after bifurcation of the State, there is no specialized Hospital for children Medicare. Our Honourable CM Sri YS Jagan Mohan Reddy thought of this idea for having an exclusive super specialty hospital for the sake of children in Andhra Pradesh. The Kanchi Kamakoti Children Trust Hospital will provide the required guidance to commence this Children's Hospital. The Bhoomi puja towards the construction works for the Children's Hospital will be done over the hands of AP CM before November 14 and the paediatric services will commence simultaneously from the same day in the Old Hospital Block in BIRRD till new the building is constructed. Once the Hospital is established in Tirupati, Cardiac and Bone Marrow transplantation surgeries will be taken up", he added.

 

Earlier, a detailed Power Point Presentation was presented on the status of Paediatric Hospitals across the country, the trauma the children are undergoing due to lack of enough speciality hospitals, etc by a team of Doctors from Kanchi Trust. 

 

The Chairman directed the Chief of AP Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, Dr Chandrasekhar Reddy to submit a Detailed Project Report on the infrastructure, equipment and other medical gadgets required for the Paediatric Super Specialty Hospital. "With the available resources, Tirupati will emerge as Medical Tourism Centre in future", he added.