GHMC, Visakhapatnam

Government Hospital for Mental Care, Visakhapatnam

The Government Hospital for Mental care, Visakhapatnam was started as Lunatic Asylum in British India in 1863 with 94 beds. Renamed in 1977, the hospital’s outpatient facility registers over 70,000 patients annually, and treats about 4000 patients in its 300-bedded inpatient facility. It is the only dedicated psychiatric institute in the entire state of Andhra Pradesh, and offers services also to the neighboring states Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana
 

Investigators:

Himakar Pedapenki, MD, DPM Professor & Head of Department, Government Hospital for Mental Care, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530017 Email: phimakar@gmail.com
Ravi Kumar, MD Assistant Professor, Unit VI, Dept of Psychiatry Email: dravikothyala@gmail.com
S. Kiran Kumar, MD Assistant Professor, Unit VI, Dept of Psychiatry Email: kiran.singuru@gmail.com
Consultants:
Prof S. Radharani, DPM DNB(Psy) Superintendent & Head of Unit II, Dept of Psychiatry Email: rrseepana@gmail.com
Prof Ramanand Satpaty, MD Head of Unit III, Dept of Psychiatry Email: drramanand@yahoo.co.in
Prof V. Padma, MD Head of Unit IV, Dept of Psychiatry Email: padmavadaparty@yahoo.co.in
Prof D. Vijayalaxmi, MD Head of Unit V Email: dvjlakshmi@yahoo.in
Prof K. V. Ramireddy, MD Head of Unit VI, Dept of Psychiatry Email: drvenkataramireddy@yahoo.com
Dr B.J.P. Mallika, MD Assistant Professor, Unit I, Dept of Psychiatry Email: mallika_bypa@yahoo.com
Dr K. Sarada, MD Assistant Professor, Unit II, Dept of Psychiatry Email: korrakutisarada@gmail.com
Dr Prabhath, MD Assistant Professor, Unit III, Dept of Psychiatry Email: dr.prabhath99@gmail.com
Dr Suneeta, MD Assistant Professor, Unit IV, Dept of Psychiatry Email: dwarsala1981@gmail.com