KURNOOL: Film actor-turned-philanthropist Sonu Sood has announced that the first set of oxygen plants he is planning to install in hospitals will come up at Kurnool Government General Hospital (GGH) and District Hospital at Atmakur in Nellore district.
In a tweet, he said: “very happy to announce that the first set of my oxygen plants will be set up Kurnool Government Hospital and one at District hospital, Atmakur in Nellore district, in the month of June. This would be followed by setting more plants in the other needy states. Time to support rural India" (sic). He tagged the pictures of KGGH and Regional Eye Hospital in Kurnool.
When contacted, KGGH Superintendent Dr G. Narendranath Reddy said District Collector G. Veerapandian and KMC Commissioner D.K. Balaji had written letters to Sonu Sood, requesting him to consider Kurnool Hospital for his philanthropy. As Sonu Sood announced that he was willing to set up oxygen plants in hospitals, the district administration sought his good sense to invest in Kurnool, he added.
