Andhra speaker Kodela provides financial aid from govt scheme to critically ill patient

Vijayawada | Friday | 20th July, 2018

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Dr Kodela said that they were saving several lives through NTR arogya Seva and CM relief fund. He said that he got Rs 18 lakh released for the medical aid of poor patients in his constituency in a single day on Friday. Dr Kodela handed over the CMO’s letter of credit to the hospital for taking up the surgery on Friday.Thanking the speaker, the family said that they have no hopes on Raheemunnisa’s life till they met him. He said that at least 120 people were getting assistance from CM relief every month. NARASARAOPET: Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker Dr Kodela Sivaprasada Rao saved a of a critically ill patient with his spontaneous reaction.Dr Kodela pooled up nearly Rs 10 lakh for performing a critical surgery within 24 hours on a woman patient whose family members had approached him.According to information, Shaik Raheemunnisa, the patient, was diagnosed with aortic arch aneurysm disease, a critical heart ailment.Dr Gopalakrishna Gokhale, a cardiothoracic surgeon, suggested that Raheemunnisa required repair to aortic arch aneurysm, re-implantation of head and neck vessels and coronary angiogram..