Centre to set up naturopathy hospital in Guntur
Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications Dr Pemmasani Chandrasekhar announced the project on Thursday. Spread across 15 acres, the institute will house advanced healthcare facilities, a research centre, academic training units, and residential quarters.
The hospital will provide integrated round-the-clock care based on yoga and naturopathy, offering preventive and curative treatment. He thanked PM Narendra Modi and Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav for sanctioning the project and credited CM N Chandrababu Naidu's leadership in advancing the State's health infrastructure.
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