Government TB and Chest Hospital is all so called as Government Hospital for Chest and Communicable Diseases is located at
Pedda Waltair
Peda Waltair is a residential locality situated at the northern part of Visakhapatnam, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most popu ...
,
Visakhapatnam
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its one of the important government hospital in the City.
Services
The Government Hospital for Chest and Communicable Diseases gave services for
Swine influenza
Swine influenza is an infection caused by any of several types of swine influenza viruses. Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) refers to any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. As ...
,
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severi ...
,
Interstitial lung disease
Interstitial lung disease (ILD), or diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), is a group of respiratory diseases affecting the interstitium (the tissue and space around the alveoli (air sacs)) of the lungs. It concerns alveolar epithelium, pu ...
and
TB Cases.
the hospital shares out of 460 government doctors in the city some important percentages of doctors.
this hospital is the only test multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)samples in the state of
Andhra Pradesh
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before establishing the testing center of
Anantapur.
and this hospipitla listed in
Government of India
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National Health Mission
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.
References
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Tuberculosis in India
Hospitals in Visakhapatnam
1961 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
Hospitals established in 1961