https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Government_ENT_Hospital%2C_VisakhapatnamGovernment ENT Hospital, Visakhapatnam - Revision history2026-08-19T01:30:58ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Government_ENT_Hospital,_Visakhapatnam&diff=205349&oldid=prev98.42.80.53: Added founding superintendent2021-09-28T21:28:48Z<p>Added founding superintendent</p>
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| Name = Govt ENT Hospital<br />
| Org/Group = [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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| Location = [[Pedda Waltair]], [[Visakhapatnam]] <br />
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| Speciality = Otorhinolaryngology<br />
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'''Government ENT Hospital''', which serves ear, nose and throat Diseases across [[Coastal Andhra]], is located in [[Pedda Waltair]], [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref name="Andhra Pradesh government deaf to shortage of audiologists at ENT hospital">{{cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2018/apr/16/andhra-pradesh-government-deaf-to-shortage-of-audiologists-at-ent-hospital-1802097.html|title=details|date=16 Apr 2018|newspaper=indianexpress|access-date=19 Mar 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Services==<br />
The hospital started a cochlear implant surgery programme in 2015. <ref>{{cite news |title=Free cochlear implants at Govt ENT Hospital soon |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Free-cochlear-implants-at-Govt-ENT-Hospital-soon/articleshow/46871714.cms |access-date=24 July 2019 |publisher=Times of India |date=10 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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The hospital serves not only in [[Andhra Pradesh]] state it also serves patients from [[Odisha]] and [[Chhattisgarh]] and the hospital sees 500 outpatients a day and 50 surgeries in a week. There is only one audiologist, but four vacancies, and this has been the situation since 2009. <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2017-08-04/Government-ENT-hospital-in-dire-need-of-audiologists/316651|title=treatment|date=4 Aug 2018|newspaper=thehansindia|access-date=11 Feb 2019}}</ref><br />
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Medical staff at the hospital participated in a strike in September 2018 demanding revision of salaries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doctors’ boycott hits outpatient services |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2018/sep/26/doctors-boycott-hits-outpatient-services-1877329.html |access-date=24 July 2019 |publisher=New Indian Express |date=26 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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The founding superintendent was Dr. M.V. Appa Rao<br />
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[[Category: Hospitals in Visakhapatnam]]<br />
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