We Will Add 10,000 Beds In Telangana Hospitals: Revanth

Hyderabad:Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday said the previous government only laid foundation stones for hospitals but never built them, while the Congress government had completed them after coming to power.

Inaugurating the Dr MCR Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (Tims) at Sanathnagar, he said opposition parties had failed to complete the proposed Tims hospitals and the Warangal Super Speciality Hospital. The present government had taken up completion of Tims at Sanathnagar, LB Nagar and Alwal, besides the Warangal hospital, promising that one hospital would be completed every six months.

He announced that Osmania General Hospital, LB Nagar Tims, Alwal Tims and the Warangal Super Speciality Hospital would be ready by December 9, 2027, adding that these projects would together provide about 10,000 beds.

The Chief Minister said each hospital would have a separate director and be managed on the lines of corporate hospitals. Funds would be sanctioned for facilities for attendants accompanying patients. He directed the health minister to frame a system of incentives for doctors who spend extra hours in government hospitals and perform more surgeries under Aarogyasri and the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF).

He said the move should encourage doctors to focus on government services rather than private practice. Pointing to the rising cost of private healthcare, he said Tims hospitals were being established to provide treatment to poor patients. Since coming to power, the government has spent ₹2,700 crore under Aarogyasri and ₹2,526 crore through the CMRF, taking total healthcare support for poor people to ₹5,226 crore. He added that ₹21,800 crore had been spent on the Health and Medical Department in two years.

Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, health minister Damodar Rajanarasimha, transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar, MP Anil Kumar Yadav, MLAs, MLCs, Tims director Dr Narendra Kumar, officials, doctors and healthcare staff attended the programme.

Minister for roads and buildings Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said the Chief Minister had repeatedly asked him about completion of the Sanathnagar, Alwal and LB Nagar Tims hospitals. He said Alwal Tims would be ready by Dasara and LB Nagar Tims by December. He added that more than 20 per cent of work on the new Osmania General Hospital had been completed and assured it would be finished within the timeframe.

Venkat Reddy requested MEIL to maintain equipment at Dr MCR Tims for three to five years and urged the Chief Minister to name LB Nagar Tims after Prof. Jayashankar.

Health minister Damodar Rajanarasimha said the government wanted public hospitals to provide services at a level comparable with corporate hospitals.

The Chief Minister also launched TG Safe and Aarogya Deepika Polyclinic services at the programme.