The Apollo Hospitals, will have a ‘clinical attachment’ with the 300-bed Government General Hospital for three years, Special Chief Secretary (Health) L.V. Subramanyam said here on Friday.
“The State government will lease out the government hospital to the Apollo Group for three years under the clinical attachment, after the completion of Godavari Pushkarams,” Mr. Subramanyam told the media here after holding a discussion with the health officials.
The Apollo Hospitals Group, which has acquired land for construction of its own building in the town, will use the premises of the government hospital for teaching purpose, to avail the 150 medical seats from the current academic year. It will appoint teaching staff who, apart from teaching the students, will attend to the patients too. It will provide some modern equipment to the government hospital during it functioning from the premises.
However, the Special Chief Secretary made it clear that the move did not mean complete handover of the government hospital to the Apollo. “The attachment will facilitate the Apollo to utilise the services being offered at the hospital for teaching purposes, and this would, in turn, improve the specialty services and patient care. After three years, the Apollo will go for construction of its own hospital buildings,” he said.
He further said that a high-level committee under the guidelines of the MCI would thoroughly study the modalities of the ‘clinical attachment’ before finalising it.
Panel formed
The panel members included Vice-Chancellor of NTR Health University, Director of Medical Education, Commissioner of Vaidya Vidhana Parishad, and the hospital authorities. “The committee will study the aspects of accommodating the teaching faculty, upgrade of medical equipment and patient services, besides the necessary changes in the management system,” Mr. Subramanyam said, adding that the move would in no way affect the services to patients and it would help enhance the 300-bed capacity to 1,200 beds. Later,
Mr. Subramanyam took part in the committee meeting at the hospital, which was attended by Collector Siddharth Jain, NTR Health University and Vaidya Vidhana Parishad officials, and representatives of the Apollo Hospitals.
The move will facilitate Apollo to utilise the services being offered at the GGH for teaching purposes, and this will improve the patient care.
L.V. Subramanyam,Special Chief Secretary (Health)
