3 new principals, 4 superintendents appointed at AP Govt Medical College Hospitals

Vijayawada: In a major administrative reshuffle, the Andhra Pradesh Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department has transferred and appointed new principals for three government medical colleges and medical superintendents for four teaching hospitals across the state. The newly appointed doctors include Dr. Devi Madhavi, professor at Rangaraya Government Medical College, who has been transferred and appointed as the new principal of the Government Medical College in Vizianagaram; Dr. M. Vijaya Sri, who was working as professor at Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, has been transferred and appointed as the principal of the Government Medical College in Anantapur. Dr. S. Appala Naidu, Vizianagaram Government Hospital superintendent, has been transferred and appointed as the new principal of the Government Medical College in Srikakulam. Also read- Dr G Raghunandan takes over as In-Charge Director of Medical Education in Andhra Pradesh Among the new medical superintendents, Dr. Sowmini, professor at Andhra Medical College, has been transferred and appointed as the new medical superintendent of the teaching hospital in Machilipatnam. Kurnool government hospital superintendent Dr K. Venkateswarlu will continue in the same post on elevation. Dr. J. Kishore, professor at Andhra Medical College, has been transferred and appointed superintendent of the Kidney Research Centre at Palasa, and Dr. Allu Padmaja will serve as superintendent of the teaching hospital in Vizianagaram. As per a Deccan Chronicle media report, the reshuffle was approved by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu following a proposal from the state health department, and a government order was issued in this regard by Special Chief Secretary M.T. Krishna Babu. Medical Dialogues had reported in April that the Andhra Pradesh Health Department appointed new principals and superintendents at several government medical colleges and hospitals across the state. Altogether, six government medical colleges got new principals, while five government teaching hospitals received new superintendents. Among these, three new principals were appointed to fill vacant posts, and three existing principals and one superintendent were transferred.