The superspeciality hospital, which would come up on a 13.5 acre land at Sanathnagar, will be constructed at a cost of about Rs 60 crore. It would cater to the needs of 40-lakh workforce in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
To a question, he said that the pattern of funding was being worked out between the Central and State governments.
He said that superspeciality treat referrals have been provided to 9,417 ESI beneficiaries to the tune of Rs 1.16 crore. Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has already agreed to permit the employees directly refer to superspeciality tie-up hospitals without referring to government hospitals except for treatment for angiogram, angioplasty with stent, angioplasty and CT scan, the Minister said.
