India is having highly qualified doctors, nurses who have skills matching to international standards and who have trained and worked in big corporate hospitals abroad. The government of Andhra Pradesh is taking all steps to provide quality health care to the people of Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh state has initiated the 108 EMRI emergency service and 104 service which provides information regarding health care like availability of doctors, kind of hospitals, different kinds of services available in hospitals. The state government has initiated a scheme called ?AROGYASRI? which provides medical treatment at corporate hospitals, free of cost to the poor people of Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh like to promote medicities in and around Hyderabad where in the government allots land for those like to establish hospitals and hospital related activity. There is enormous scope for medical tourism in India because of the availability of expert doctors and nurses who take care of the patients at affordable prices.
Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, vijayawada, eluru , warangal, guntur, kurnool , rajahmundry, tirupathi nizamabad and kakinada are the major cities in Andhra Pradesh.
vijayanagaram,tanuku, srikakulam, amalapuram, , Bhimavaram, tadepalligudem, , palakol, narsapuram, machilipatnam, , tenali, bapatla, gudivada, nellore, ongole, khammam, karimnagar, adilabad, sangareddy, , kadapa, anathapur, puttaparthi, and nandyal are major town in Andhra Pradesh.
The medical colleges both government and private colleges provide quality education for those aspiring for graduation and post graduation in medicinei n Andhra Pradesh. These collees are affiliated to NTR Heath university at vijayawada. The private and government dental colleges serve the needs of dental students of ap. Students of the nursing colleges get trained at the hospitals during their studies.
Hospitals in Andhra Pradesh can be categorized as
Government Hospitals in Andhra Pradesh:
The government hospitals in Andhra Pradesh are maintained and monitored by Director General medical and Health services of Andhra Pradesh. The DMHOs ( District Medical and health officers) take care of the administration of heath care of the districts. Osmania general hospital , Gandhi hospital, Chest hospital, Mental hospital at erragadda, Government ENT Hospital, fever hospital, NIMS ( Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences) nilofer children hospital, Niloufer cancer hospital in Hyderabad, KGH ( king George hospital) at vizag, SVIMS ( Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences) at Tirupati , RIMS ( Rajiv Institute of Medical Sciences) at Kadapa, adilabad and srikakulam districts.
Apart from these big hospitals the government runs the primary health centers to take of the primary and emergency needs of the local people. They administer the vaccines and health care during emergencies.
Corporate hospitals in Andhra Pradesh:
Apollo hospitals , care hospitals, yashoda hospitals, cdr hospitals, mediciti hospitals, medwin hospital, usha mullapudi cardiac care hospital, star hospitals, pacific hospitals, image hospitals, kamineni wackardt hospital, owaisi hospital, usha mohan hospital, Jayabhuashan hospital, premier hospital, Global Hospitals, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, New city hospitals,
Remedy hospital, Mahaveer or mahavir hospital, manjary nursing home, sai vani hospital, sathya kidney and super speciality hospitals, sigma hospital, manipal hospital at Vijayawada, bhimavaram hospitals in bhimavaram, st. Theresa?s general hospital (missionary hospital)
The corporate hospitals have multispeciality divisions. The departments in corporate hospitals include cardiology, urology, oncology, diabetic, cancer, neurology, orthopedic, cardio thoracic surgery, nephrology, thyroid, psychology, eye care, ophthalmology, gynecology, obesity, lifestyle clinics, cosmetic and plastic surgery, gastroenterology , pediatric cardiology, neo natology,
The diagnostic facilities at corporate hospitals include CT Scan, angiogram, blood bank, blood test facility, clinical pathology, ecg, X ray, 2d echo, Doppler, MRI, Cathlab, colour Doppler, ultrasound, TMT for cardiology.
The corporate hospitals provide packages for certain surgeries that include the cost of diagnosis, cost of surgical equipment, operation theatre rental, surgeon fee, anesthetist fee, surgery consumables, medicines used in surgery, intensive care unit charges, post surgery care, room rentals and nursing expenses.
All these hospitals have emergency care, customer care, blood bank service, ambulance service.
Usually there will be three categories the general ward, sharing room and executive deluxe rooms depending on the financial status of the patients. The cost of heath care usually is costlier compared to other hospitals.
The corporate hospitals are offering health check programmes for executives and elderly people on a package basis for regular health check and master heath check.
Health insurance companies like icici Lombard insurance, TATA AIG, United Insurance, LIC star allied health insurance are the companies provide insurance packages and will pay to the hospitals. These health insurance companies making the health care at corporate hospitals affordable to common man. The premium depends on the type of insurance and the age and whether for individual or for family.
Dr. B.Soma raju , Dr. M.Gopichand, Dr. Nageswara Reddy, Dr.M.Babaiah, Dr. Guravareddy, Dr. B.N.Prasad are the best doctors from Hyderabad having international reputation.
In Hyderabad most of the corporate hospitals are located at banjara hills, jubilee hills, ameerpet, madhapur, himayath nagar, secunderabad, punjagutta, somajiguda, srinagar colony, mehdipatnam, dilsukhnagar, kukatpally, miyapur and chandanagar.
The central government employees and employees of some public sector undertaking will get health care free of cost corporate hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres under the CGHS scheme in CGHS recognized hospitals and diagnostic centers.
Dental hospitals in Andhra Pradesh:
FMS Dental Hospital, Kalyani group of Dental Hospitals, Sanath nagar Dental Hospital, Tarnaka Dental hospital, Ameerpet Dental super specialty clinic, smiline Dental Hospital,.
Nursing Homes in Andhra Pradesh
Gagan mahal Nursing home, challa nursing home, Geeta Nursing home, Government Maternity Hospitals, Hyderabad Nursing Home, Shenoy Nursing Home, Madhava Nursing Home, Kirloskar hospital, Mythri multi specialty hospital, poornima nursing home, Secunderabad nursing home and swapna nursing home.
ENT Hospitals in Andhra Pradesh:
Nova ENT Hospital, Sri Srinivasa ENT care and research centre and government ent hospital.
Diagnostic centers in Andhra Pradesh:
Medinova diagnostics, vijaya diagnostics, elbit diagnostics, Apollo diagnostics, sathya diagnostic centre, Krishna diagnostics, kailash diagnostic centre, Spectrum diagnostic and research centre, 3m Diagnostics and konark diagnostic centre.
The diagnostic centers are well equipped with quality medical equipment to diagnoses the diseases.
Children Hospitals in Andhra Pradesh:
Medikid children hospital, rain bow hospital, pragna children hospital, shilpa children?s hospital,
Eye Hospitals in Andhra Pradesh
Dristi eye hospital, L.V.Prasad Eye Hospital, Sarojini Eye hospital
Siva reddy eye hospital.
Cancer Hospitals in Andhra Pradesh:
Aware Cancer Hospital, Apollo Cancer Hospital, Yashoda Cancer Hospital, Indo American Nandamuri Baswatarakam Memorial Cancer Hospital, Nilofer Cancer hospital , MNJ Cancer hospital,
The different types of cancers that the hospitals treat are Adrenal cancer, Anal cancer ,Breast cancer (Breast Clinic), Bladder cancer , Colon cancer, Gastric (stomach) cancer, Nasopharynx cancer, Or pharynx cancer,Ovarian cancer, Soft palate cancer, Carcinoid tumors Uterine (endometrial) cancer, cord cancer (neurological) Rectal cancer , Kidney cancer, Small bowel cancer, Larynx cancer, Brain or spinal, Oral cavity cancer Early stage prostate cancer, Tonsil cancer, Germ cell tumors, Lung cancer, Skin cancer Vulvar cancer ,Vaginal cancer, Cervical cancer, Testis cancer, liver, Pancreatic cancer, Hepatobiliary cancer, Adnexal tumors and Gynecologic malignancies
ESI Hospitals in Andhra Pradesh:
The ESI hospitals in Andhra Pradesh serve the health care needs of industrial workers at free of cost.
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With Andhra Pradesh having quality infrastructure in health care by having so many corporate hospitals and well connected to foreign cities by international airports and as the cost is less compared to other counties there is tremendous scope for development of medical tourism in Andhra Pradesh.
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