Government TB and Chest Hospital, Visakhapatnam

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Government TB and Chest Hospital
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Government TB and Chest Hospital, Visakhapatnam
Geography
Location Pedda Waltair, Visakhapatnam, India
Organisation
Care system Public
Type Tuberculosis, Contagious disease
Affiliated university N.T.R. Health University
Services
Emergency department yes
Beds288
History
Opened1961

Government TB and Chest Hospital is all so called as Government Hospital for Chest and Communicable Diseases is located at Pedda Waltair, Visakhapatnam. [1] It is one of the important government hospitals in the City. [2]

Services

The Government Hospital for Chest and Communicable Diseases provides services for swine influenza, pneumonia, interstitial lung disease and TB cases. [3] The hospital employs a significant proportion of the 460 government doctors in the city. [4] This hospital is the only test multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) samples in the state of Andhra Pradesh before establishing the testing center of Anantapur, [5] and this hospital is listed in Government of India National Health Mission. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "introduction". deccanchronicle. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "importance of the hospital". Gvmc. 25 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "services". deccanchronicle. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "government Doctor's". the hans india. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "testing centre". the hindu. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "national health mission" (PDF). nrhm. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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