Hon’ble Vice President Sri Venkaiah Naidu Inaugurates KIMS ICON Hospital at Vizag
6 years ago Saritha KeshamoniLeading South Indian healthcare major KIMS hospitals, today launched its 7th facility KIMS ICON Hospital at SheelaNagar, Visakhapatnam. Hon’ble Vice-President of India, Sri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 434-bed hospital. KIMS-ICON is spread across 17 acres of land with 2 million Sq ft built up area, offers an entire spectrum of medical services over 30 departments including Cardiology, Orthopedics, Nephrology, Neurology, Urology, General Surgery, Gastroenterology, Pulmonology, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ENT, Emergency and Dental among others. With the addition of Visakhapatnam facility, the total capacity of KIMS hospitals in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh increases to2554beds.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Bhaskar Rao, MD and CEO, KIMS hospitals said, “KIMS ICON is launched keeping our vision and commitment of ‘PASSION FOR HEALING’. We have always worked towards raising the standard for administering healthcare of international standards at affordable costs. KIMS ICON has best medical professionals comprising leading doctors, skilled specialists, paramedical and nursing staff to respond to growing challenges of healthcare in Vizag today. The hospital provides to enhanced medical care, service quality, professional integrity and value. Keeping with KIMS traditions, this hospital continues to keep its focus on its goal of personalized services, modern medical facilities and ensuring the services are within the reach of the common man.â€ÂÂ
“The KIMS network ensures the patients have access to the best doctors and specialists and affordable health-care is thus just a short distance away.†He added.ÂÂÂ
KIMS ICON provides State-of-the-art medical facilities including 12 Operation Theatres, medical intensive care unit (MICU), surgical intensive care unit (SICU), 24 hr MRI Scan, Cath lab among others. Guest of Honour for the inaugurations included Sri Nimmakayala China Rajappa, Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister for Home & Disaster Management; Sri Ayyannapatrudu Chintakayala, Hon’ble Minister for Roads & Buildings; Sri Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Hon’ble Minister Minister for Human Resources Development; Sri P.G.V.R. Naidu, Hon’ble Government WHIP, APLA& MLA;Dr Kambhampati Hari Babu, Hon’ble Member of Parliament; Sri Pappala Chalapathi Rao, Hon’ble Member of Legislative Assembly Council; Sri Palla Srinivasa Rao, Hon’ble MLA; Sri Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju, Hon’ble MLA; Sri Adari Tulasi Rao, Chairman, Sri Vijaya Visakha MilkProducers Company Ltd.
Also, special guests for the event were Shri Pravin Kumar, IAS, Collector & District Magistrate Visakhapatnam; Sri P. Basanth Kumar, IAS, Vice-Chairman, Visakhapatnam, Urban Development Authority (VUDA); Sri Mahesh Chandra Laddha, IPS, Commissioner of Police.