Sri Venkateswara Medical College and Sri Venkateswara Ramnarain Ruia (SVRR) Government General Hospital, Tirupati

Ramnarain Ruia Government General Hospital, named after Ramnarain, father of Radhakrishna Ruia (popularly known as ‘Ruia Hospital’, Fig. 2) was ready, along with a 32-bed Infectious Diseases hospital and a 35-bed Tuberculosis ward. The foundation stone for the Ruia Hospital was laid by Morarji Desai on 10 April 1959, the then Union Finance Minister, and the hospital was inaugurated by Lal Bahadur Shastri on 24 September 1962, the then Union Minister for Home Affairs. The first batch of 50 students started the course in 1961. The existing Taluk Hospital at Tirupati was converted into the Hospital for Women and Children (Fig. 3) and in 1963, the Rural Health Centre, Chandragiri (Fig. 4) was established to serve as the field practice