The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Vijayawada News : Nurturing health, via radio

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2006

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh - Vijayawada

Nurturing health, via radio

Staff Reporter

Global Hospitals' Health Line elicits good response

A specialist answers queries in the programme

Radio has a wider reach in rural areas, feel hospital authorities

VIJAYAWADA: Global Hospitals, a super-specialty corporate hospital, has launched Global Health Line on All India Radio, Vijayawada, as part of its health awareness drive, said its media coordinator Vedagiri Rambabu.

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Mr. Rambabu said the programme was being aired on AM and FM radio channels respectively from two stations: Vijayawada and Hyderabad, for 15 minutes. The All India Radio, Vijayawada was airing the programme daily from 7.20 a.m. to 7.35 a.m.

A doctor specialising in a field interacts with the host of the programme and answer queries. The health awareness programme was launched on December 7 last year and had already completed 100 episodes. "Since the response has been encouraging, we decided to extend it by three more months," Mr. Rambabu said. He said the hospital would open branches at Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai this year. Station director of AI, Vijayawada, M. Aditya Prasad was present.

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Andhra Pradesh

News Update

Stories in this Section

The picture is frightening

`Helmet does not offer total safety'

`Treat agriculture on par with IT'

CPI(M) leader seeks to clear the air on Polavaram

No theatre in Vijayawada is fire-resistant

Gulzar for rehabilitation of hawkers in city

Bank move to assist artisans fails to take off

Runway at Gannavaram airport to be extended

Bad debts bother Scheduled Castes' credit society

Nurturing health, via radio

Kidnap case: two arrested

Crest gates opened

Around the City

In Vijayawada Today