Quality medical care is available in Visakhapatnam in public hospitals and at a reasonable cost in private hospitals. There is a steady flow of patients from surrounding states like Orissa and Chattisgarh coming to Vizag for treatment.
The Central Goverment provides up to Rs. 6 lakhs to help hearing impaired children, under 5 years of age, receive cochlear implants. This is an all-India scheme.
A Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) facility will be set up in Visakhapatnam in the ENT Hospital premises for now. This will benefit all central government employees, especially the retired personnel, who till now had to go to Hyderabad for obtaining a referral (CGHS for Vizag) to approach a CGHS empaneled hospital in Visakhapatnam whenever they needed treatment.
Diagnostic services by Vijaya Medical Centre – Home sample collection number 1-800-419-5657
Home sample collection by Call Health – www.callhealth.com or (+91) 91 33 55 77 99
