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Minister for Industries and Commerce T.G. Bharath connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) handed implicit a cheque of ₹25 lakh to the Red Cross Society for mounting up a Thalassaemia Centre astatine the TGV Bhavan successful Kurnool city.
Mr. Bharath on with Kurnool MP Bastipati Nagaraju participated successful the ground-breaking ceremonial for the constitution of the Thalassaemia Centre.
Speaking connected the occasion, Mr. Bharath said helium had decided to instrumentality up a noble deed connected the juncture of his father, erstwhile Rajya Sabha subordinate T.G. Venkatesh’s, day and decided to donate ₹1 crore from the T.G.V. Group to the Thalassemia Centre housed wrong the T.G.V. Bhavan. “As portion of this, we handed implicit a cheque for ₹25 lakh to the Red Cross Society affiliated with the Kurnool Blood Bank,” helium said.
The Centre intended for humor transfusions is being established astatine an estimated outgo of astir ₹1.5 crore.
Mr. Bharath reiterated that they are moving tirelessly for the improvement of Kurnool. “Irrespective of governmental affiliations and careless of electoral victories oregon defeats, our household would ever beryllium astatine the forefront moving for the improvement of Kurnool,” helium said.
He said that they are taking up assorted initiatives astatine the Government General Hospital successful Kurnool with his ain funds with an purpose to alteration the GGH into a corporate-standard aesculapian facility. “In collaboration with the Medical College alumni, we are constructing a Knowledge Centre gathering connected a 70-cent crippled of land, astatine an estimated outgo of ₹60 crore,” helium said.
Kurnool MP Nagaraju said the constitution of a Thalassemia Centre successful Kurnool, a installation unsocial wrong the State of Andhra Pradesh, is simply a invited development. The 20-bed Thalassemia Centre volition beryllium of immense payment not lone to the radical of Andhra Pradesh but besides to those suffering from Thalassemia successful the neighbouring States of Karnataka and Telangana.
Patients suffering from the illness would person repeated humor transfusions, thereby extending their lifespans. The MP announced allocation of ₹9 lakh from his MP funds for the acquisition of a “Microtome” instrumentality for the Kurnool Cancer Hospital.
