Government General Hospital - Guntur

GGH was established as a District Head quarters Hospital in 1848 in a rented house over the Madras Trunk Road. It grew up in stages, changed locations and in 1954 it was upgraded to a Teaching Hospital and named Government General Hospital, Guntur occupying an area of 10.85 acres. The bed strength was 12 in 1861 and over the years it has been increased to the present strength of 1200. On an average more than 1400 patients stay in the hospital as In-Patients including the floor patients. About 4-5 thousand people throng the O.P departments daily for medical Checkups.

The hospital though located in a busy center provides a very calm environment inside. The numerous trees and gardens help achieve this serenity. The hospital has a wide popularity. Even more people came from far off districts (PRAKASAM, NELLORE, NALGONDA, KHAMMAM, KRISHNA, WEST GODAVARI ) visit it for treatment.

The hospital is adequately equipped with more Surgical theatres & delivery rooms. There are on the whole 24 departments functioning. Although the departments are adequately equipped, there remains much to be done to upgrade them to the changing trends in medical care.

A diet canteen has been functioning since 1987 for the benefit of both patients & doctors.

A generator to meet the frequent load shedding & an incinerator are available.

The Central Sterilization Department is functioning to meet the demands of all departments.

A blood bank with testing facility for HIV is also in operation.

A post office and SBI bank are in the hospital complex to serve both the needs of the patients and the staff.

Lift facility makes life easier for disabled patients.

A Nephrology Department was introduced in 1993.

The hospital houses the internee’s quarters apart from the Nursing School and Nursing College.

For providing advanced medical care
Podila Prasad GMCANA Super-specialty Trauma Centre is all set for inauguration here on January 18 2014. Governors of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Naidu E.S.L. Narasimhan and K. Rosaiah, and Minister Galla Aruna Kumari were attended the opening of the new addition to Government General Hospital.

Chairman of Board of Trustees and past president of Guntur Medical College Association of North America (GMCANA) Uppuluri Venkata Subba Rao, major donor Podila Venkata Prasad took reporters on a guided tour to the hospital with a built up area of more than 1 lakh square feet. President of GMCANA Lokesh was also present.

The imposing four-floored structure overlooking the main road is a state-of-the art integrated modern medical facility that promises to provide the most advanced medical care to people from underprivileged sections of the society.

The Government General Hospital, Guntur in Andhra Pradesh’s Amaravati capital region is fast emerging as the Mecca for the poor and underprivileged sections for free open-heart surgeries.

For the first time in the history of a Government hospital in the State, more than 50 open heart surgeries have been performed in less than 150 days at Guntur.

The silent revolution has been facilitated by Sahrudaya Medical and Educational Trust, a non-profit NGO, entering into an understanding with the Andhra Pradesh Government for launching an open-heart surgery program at the Guntur Hospital.

Hyderabad-based Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale, a reputed heart and lung transplant surgeon in the corporate sector, had founded Sahrudaya to educate people on prevention of heart disease and enable the poor to undergo free cardiac surgeries. He chose Guntur for his program to repay his debt of gratitude to the Guntur Medical College from which he graduated.

A stroke unit and a neuro-sensitive unit were opened at the Government General Hospital (GGH) here on Aug 9, 2015. The stroke unit was constructed with the support of AMG India International, which donated Rs. 20 lakh. Cornelia Deichmann, daughter of H.H. Deichmann, the main donor for AMG India International and director Arun Kumar Mohanty were present.

Speaking on the occasion, head of the Department of Neurology N.V. Sundarachary said the new units were equipped to save the lives of over 1,000 acute stroke patients.

In spite of some deficiencies the hospital is rendering a yeomen’s service to the people of the State of Andhra Pradesh.