Andhra Pradesh to set up 21 new Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres
Andhra Pradesh is expanding its healthcare infrastructure by establishing 21 new Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres to treat children with Severe Acute Malnutrition. These facilities will add 175 beds to the state's existing capacity to address rising admission numbers.
Why it matters
This initiative represents a significant public health effort to combat malnutrition among children in tribal and rural districts.
Twenty-one Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) will soon be established in the State, adding 175 beds to the existing capacity of 340, according to Minister for Health, Medical and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav.
In a statement on Thursday, Mr. Satya Kumar said the new centres, coming up in the districts of Alluri Sitharama Raju, Anakapalli, Bapatla, Nandyal, Polavaram, Krishna, Parvathipuram Manyam, Chittoor, East and West Godavari, Annamayya and Palnadu, would be brought into operation in phases. In some places, 10-bed centres would come up, while some centres would have five beds.
The NRCs are health facilities where children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) are admitted and managed. At present, Andhra Pradesh has 21 such facilities with a bed strength of 340.
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