AP Changes Name of 10 New State Medical Colleges

Vijayawada:The Andhra Pradesh government has changed the name of 10 new government medical colleges and two institutions with generic names.

Health special chief secretary M.T. Krishna Babu issued a GO here on Thursday, changing the name of new government medical colleges. Accordingly, the state government ordered for change of the names of 10 medical colleges under phase-1 and 2 located at Vizianagaram, Rajamahendravaram, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Nandyal, Adoni, Pulivendula, Markapur, Paderu and Madanapalle and to two institutions, including Cancer Care Centre at Kadapa and Kidney Research Centre and Super Speciality hospital at Palasa till a new name is decided.

The previous YSRC government named these colleges and institutions after former chief minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy as Dr YSR.