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485 health sub-centres to come up in State: Minister

PHC Public Health

The State government will establish 485 health sub-centres, take up repairs of 206 public health centres and new buildings will be constructed for 43 Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Errabelli Dayakar Rao has said.

In a video-conference with Superintending Engineers of PR&RD and District Medical and Health Officers from Hyderabad on Tuesday, he stated that the government had sanctioned ₹203 crore for the works listed, and tenders would be finalised soon.

Secretary (Health) S.A.M. Rizvi, Family Welfare Commissioner Sweta Mohanty, Commissioner of PR M. Hanmantha Rao and Engineer-in-Chief of PR Sanjeeva Rao participated from Hyderabad. The Minister said that each new building of a PHC would be constructed with ₹1.5 crore and a health sub-centre with ₹20 lakh.

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