APTDC ties up with KGH to provide meals at Covid centre

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (

APTDC

) will collaborate with King George Hospital (KGH) to supply breakfast, lunch and dinner free of cost for

Covid-19

patients and staff at the new

CSR block

, which will start functioning as a 500-bed Covid centre from September.


The packed food will be prepared at Haritha Hotel kitchen following government standard operating protocols (SOP). Regional director of AP tourism and executive director of APTDC (Visakhapatnam hub) AV Ramaprasad is the nodal officer from the revenue side in charge of supplying food to the CSR block.

“On Wednesday, as per district administration orders, we had requested the divisional manager of APTDC, Vizag, Prasad Reddy for supplying packed food for Covid-19 patients and staff as per the government-approved menu, conditions and rates as and when the patients are admitted. The invoice would be raised in the name of the superintendent of KGH,” said Dr PV Sudhakar, principal of

AMC

and in-charge superintendent of KGH.

M Krishna Mohan

, marketing manager of APTDC-Vizag said, “We are waiting for the work order or instructions from the KGH management and then we can start sending the food packets in disposable containers for the patients. We are willing to cater to more patients if required in future. The food will be prepared with utmost care as per government SOP and would be daily handed over to the coordinator of the CSR block.”

The meals will consist of a morning drink of ragijava with jaggery and milk followed by breakfast at 8.30 am, which would have a south Indian menu along with tea or coffee. Lunch at 12.30 pm will comprise rice or roti, vegetable or chicken curry, dal and curd or fruit, and dinner at 7.30 pm will be rice or roti, vegetable curry, two boiled eggs and curd or fruit.

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