Rs. 350-cr. Japan aid likely for Kurnool General Hospital.

The Kurnool General Hospital is all set for a massive fillip in infrastructure development as it is likely to get Rs. 350 crore assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) at the behest of the State government, Hospital Superintendent J. Veeraswamy said recently.

All the vital departments would get funds for infrastructure development to transform it into a superspeciality hospital, Dr. Veeraswamy told The Hindu.

A cancer therapy hospital was proposed with an outlay of Rs.120 crore for providing comprehensive treatment to nearly 50 chronic cancer patients and about a dozen who contracted the disease of late.

A team of experts had inspected the hospital land and the cancer hospital was expected to materialise in about a year, he said. The Cardiology and Cardiothoracic departments have been equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities. Despite shortage of technicians and staff, the cardiothoracic surgeons performed nearly 28 complicated surgeries and the requisite staff were expected to be posted soon, he said.


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