Central aid sought to set up new medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh
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YSRCP Rajya Sabha member V. Vijaya Sai Reddy has urged the Central authorities to present monetary assist to Andhra Pradesh in setting up medical colleges in the State.
In a letter (dated November 12) to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Mr. Vijaya Sai Reddy stated the State authorities was planning to set up new medical colleges and improve the present ones, for which it required monetary help from the Central authorities. The whole value could be ₹13,500 crore, he stated.
Post-bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh was left with Tier II and Tier III cities. The absence of Tier I cities had hindered the personal healthcare sector from providing speciality providers. The state of affairs that had arisen out of the COVID-19 pandemic furthered the necessity of the State to have stronger healthcare, he stated.
The MP recalled that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August in this regard.
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