TIRUPATI: Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various development works in the temple city of Tirupati.
Jagan inaugurated Sri Venkateswara Institute of Cancer Care and Advanced Research, spread in 1.65 lakh sqft along the Alipiri zoo park road. The state-of-the-art institute has been set up by Alimelu Charitable Trust and supported by Tata Group which funded `80 crore towards the project. The chief minister later laid the foundation stone for Sri Padmavathi children’s superspecialty hospital being established by the TTD at a cost of `300 crore.
The 350-bed hospital will come up in 6 acres near Alipiri with a built-up area of 4.11 lakh sqft. The hospital will have 15 special wings of paediatric treatment including haemato-oncology, medical-oncology, cardiology, nephrology and much more.
