Union Minister for Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar laid the foundation stone for the construction of a 100-bedded hospital at Gajularega of Vizianagaram district to cater to 1 lakh employees of 1,150 factories in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts on Thursday. He said that the government was improving medical facilities in all the 159 hospitals located in the country.

The Vizianagaram hospital being constructed with ₹75 crore would benefit many labourers of the two districts in the North Andhra region. He hailed the initiative of previous MP Botcha Jhansi who had guaranteed five acres of land for the development of the hospital.

Andhra Pradesh Minister for Labor and Employment and Vizianagaram MP urged the Union Minister to complete the hospital construction within two years.