Government ENT Hospital, Visakhapatnam explained

Govt ENT Hospital
Org/Group:	Government of Andhra Pradesh
Country:	India
Healthcare:	Public
Type:	Speciality
Speciality:	Otorhinolaryngology
Emergency:	yes

Government ENT Hospital, which serves ear, nose and throat Diseases across Coastal Andhra, is located in Pedda Waltair, Visakhapatnam.^[1]

Services

The hospital started a cochlear implant surgery programme in 2015. ^[2]

The hospital serves not only in Andhra Pradesh state it also serves patients from Odisha and Chhattisgarh and the hospital sees 500 outpatients a day and 50 surgeries in a week. There is only one audiologist, but four vacancies, and this has been the situation since 2009. ^[3]

Medical staff at the hospital participated in a strike in September 2018 demanding revision of salaries.^[4]

The founding superintendent was Dr. M.V. Appa Rao

Notes and References

1. News: details. 16 Apr 2018. indianexpress. 19 Mar 2019.
2. News: Free cochlear implants at Govt ENT Hospital soon . 24 July 2019 . Times of India . 10 April 2015.
3. News: treatment. 4 Aug 2018. thehansindia. 11 Feb 2019.
4. News: Doctors’ boycott hits outpatient services . 24 July 2019 . New Indian Express . 26 September 2018.