Anantapur MLA Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad inspecting the Government General Hospital in metropolis on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: R.V.S. PRASAD
Mr. Prasad made a shock go to to the Government General Hospital in Anantapur on Wednesday morning and located that a number of the docs had not attended to their duties even at 9.30 a.m.. The MLA inspected the room the place out-patients slips are given, varied departments, in-patient wards and pharmacy. He interacted with the sufferers and enquired concerning the medical providers on the hospital. Some of them complained about docs not attending their duties on time.
As many docs did not attend to their duties by 9.30 a.m., he enquired concerning the causes for the delay and the time until OP providers can be given with Hospital Superintendent Dr. Subramanyam. He requested the Superintendent to take motion in opposition to these did not attend to their duties on time.
Mr. Prasad additionally enquired concerning the variety of in-patients, out-patients, and the services on the hospital.
Speaking on the event, Mr. Prasad mentioned that although the services on the hospital had been passable, the sufferers had been going through issues because the variety of beds has not been elevated from 500 up to now 20 years. He mentioned that the variety of in-patients was between 2,000 to 2,500 and the out-patient quantity stood at 1,200. However, the services, finances and workers was not enough to satisfy the demand.
The MLA mentioned that the difficulty had already been mentioned on the hospital improvement committee assembly and was taken up with Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav. He mentioned the hospital will quickly be upgraded to 1,200 beds and warned of motion in opposition to any workers demanding or accepting cash from the sufferers.
Published – October 29, 2025 07:35 pm IST








