AIG Hospitals Expands to Visakhapatnam with Greenfield Healthcare Facility
Visakhapatnam, August 31, 2026: AIG Hospitals laid the foundation stone for a new greenfield multispeciality hospital in Visakhapatnam, which is scheduled to become operational by October 2028. The foundation stone was laid by Nara Lokesh, Minister for Human Resource Development, Information Technology, Electronics & Communications and Real Time Governance, Government of Andhra Pradesh. The foundation ceremony was attended by Ayyannapatrudu Chintakayala, Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Bharat Muthukumilli, Member of Parliament for Visakhapatnam, and Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Bheemili, AIG Hospitals said in a press release.
The healthcare facility will be constructed in two phases, consisting of a main hospital campus and an adjoining nursing college. Phase 1, which includes Towers A and B with 650 beds, is slated for completion by October 2028. Phase 2 will add 350 beds in Tower C over the subsequent two to three years, bringing total capacity to 1,000 beds. Alongside clinical care, the campus will feature a nursing college, a paramedic training centre, a research laboratory, an artificial intelligence centre, and a 500-seater academic auditorium.
The campus will house over 50 medical and surgical specialities. Infrastructure includes modular operating rooms, modern cath labs, advanced endoscopy suites, 150 critical care beds, and a 50-bed emergency department. The outpatient department will handle roughly 5,000 daily consultations. A 120-bed Mother and Child block will feature a 15-bed neonatal intensive care unit, birthing suites, and paediatric services. To support personnel, the site will provide hostel accommodation for nursing staff, facilities for visiting faculty, and low-cost lodging for patient families. At full capacity, the ecosystem is projected to employ 9,000 people and have 1,000 doctors on staff.
D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman, AIG Hospitals, said, “Over three decades, what we learned at AIG is that clinical excellence can only thrive when it is complimented by continuous academic activities and backed by research. That is why the research laboratory and the academic block are not additions to this project; they are part of its structure from the beginning. Our intention in Visakhapatnam is to build the whole ecosystem and make it future-ready.” He added, “A project of this size needs a state that truly understands the futuristic measures for its people and under Swarnandhra Vision 2047, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has put in the confidence in us to not just build a world-class hospital but the one which serves the people by being equitable, accessible and affordable.”
PVS Raju, Vice-Chairman, AIG Hospitals, said, “A project of this scale creates employment at every level be it clinical, technical, administrative and support functions. We expect around 9,000 people to be employed here. But the more durable contributions are the Nursing College and the paramedic training centre. They will keep producing trained professionals to build a sustainable healthcare practice in the entire region. We have provided hostel accommodation on campus because that has been the practical barrier for so many students, particularly women, from various districts in AP.”
Rakesh Kalapala, Director, AIG Hospitals Visakhapatnam, said, “This will be a technology-enabled hospital from day one, with AI integrated into clinical workflows, imaging, diagnostics and hospital operations rather than added later as a layer. Most of the families we will serve here come from nearby towns and cities and for many of them a serious diagnosis has meant travelling out of the state for treatment. Our commitment is that they receive the same standard of care, delivered with the same compassion, close to home.”
