VIJAYAWADA: Chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy met Union minister for health, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, on Saturday and requested him to support the 13 medical colleges proposed in the state.
The chief minister met the Union health minister after the conference of the National Judicial Infrastructure Authority of India (NJIAI) in New Delhi. He told the Union minister that the state government had started the construction of 16 medical colleges and teaching hospitals. The Centre had accorded permission to three and he requested the Union minister to give permission to the remaining 13.