Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya today laid the foundation stone of 2 Critical Care Blocks and a BSL-3 laboratory in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. He also inaugurated 7 integrated public health laboratories to be set up in different districts of the state. These new facilities will boost the healthcare infrastructure of Andhra Pradesh and help address any health emergency challenges.
He said that once the BSL laboratory, seven integrated public health laboratories and two critical care blocks become functional, these facilities will play an important role in providing quality medical services to the people of Andhra Pradesh. Congratulating the beneficiaries of these facilities, he said, “It is the responsibility and commitment of our government to provide quality healthcare infrastructure and services to the people because only a healthy country can aspire to be a developed country.” He underlined the fact that today the number of AIIMS in the country has increased to 23 and the number of MBBS and Nursing seats in the country has doubled.