KING GEORGE HOSPITAL
The Hospital was established in the year 1923. The Hospital and the College are within the precincts of about 52 acres on a sandy hill, which includes administrative buildings, wards, operation theatres, nursing school and college, students hostels, libraries, auditorium, lecture galleries, laboratories etc. There are altogether 52 blocks constructed in different periods with multiple entrances surrounded partly by slums.
The Hospital is providing the health care to the needy people not only of Visakhapatnam city / district and adjacent districts but also those of neighboring States of Orissa and Chhattisgarh.
The bed strength of the Hospital is 1037 and 240 beds in Superspecialty block not yet officially sanctioned and on average in a day 1250 out-patients, 115 to 130 admissions per day, 110 emergency cases are being treated and 60 to 70 surgeries including those of critical nature are also
The bed strength of the Hospital is 1037 and 240 beds in Superspecialty block not yet officially sanctioned and on average in a day 1250 out-patients, 115 to 130 admissions per day, 110 emergency cases are being treated and 60 to 70 surgeries including those of critical nature are also being performed. On an average 5000 to 7000 attendants visit the hospital.