CM Issues Key Directives on Government Hospital Development

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed officials to complete the construction works at the Alwal and LB Nagar TIMS hospitals, Warangal Super Specialty Hospital and the expansion of NIMS by June 2 next year, ensuring that they begin providing full-fledged medical services. He also instructed officials to complete the construction of the new Osmania General Hospital by December next year. During a review meeting on the Medical and Health Department at MCRHRD on Thursday, the Chief Minister stressed that hospital construction, procurement of medical equipment and recruitment of doctors and staff must be completed simultaneously. He called for a unified recruitment policy across the three TIMS hospitals in Sanathnagar, Alwal and LB Nagar, allowing staff transfers based on medical service requirements. He also proposed outsourcing hospital maintenance and housekeeping services, with Group-1 officers and retired military personnel overseeing hospital administration and housekeeping operations.

The Chief Minister directed officials to make full use of Sanathnagar TIMS to reduce delays in surgeries at NIMS. He said patients could be shifted to Sanathnagar TIMS whenever NIMS faced a shortage of beds or delays in surgical procedures, stressing the need for continuous coordination between the institutions. He also instructed officials to speed up recruitment and temporarily engage doctors from outside until regular appointments were completed, assuring that the required funds would be released immediately. The government has also been directed to complete the construction of 79 dialysis centres at the earliest and introduce biometric attendance and AI-based monitoring systems in government hospitals. Officials informed the Chief Minister that the number of beds in government hospitals had increased from 30,000 to 38,000 over the past three years. They also reported that 13,401 appointments had been completed across various medical and healthcare categories, while the recruitment process for another 5,640 posts was underway. Revanth Reddy assured that the government would provide the necessary funds to strengthen public healthcare services.