Telangana to Strengthen District Hospitals to Provide Advanced Healthcare Locally: Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha

Telangana Health Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha has said that the state government aims to make comprehensive healthcare services available to people within their respective districts. Community Health Centres (CHCs), area hospitals and district hospitals will play a key role in achieving this objective. The government is working to strengthen these facilities by providing modern infrastructure, specialist doctors, adequate staff and diagnostic services. The minister made these remarks during a high-level review meeting at the Secretariat on the restructuring of the Directorate of Secondary Health Care under the Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (TVVP). The meeting reviewed proposals from a study report prepared by the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI).

The minister said strengthening secondary healthcare would reduce the need for patients to travel to Hyderabad or medical college hospitals even for relatively minor health conditions. He noted that 1,616 specialist doctors had recently been appointed in hospitals under the Directorate of Secondary Health Care, along with recruitment of nurses and technicians as required. Officials were directed to assess each hospital's specialist services, staffing requirements, medical equipment and diagnostic facilities. The minister also called for service plans based on hospital bed capacity, development in line with Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS), and the establishment of District Coordinator of Hospital Services (DCHS) offices in every district to monitor hospital performance and healthcare quality.