CM Revanth Reddy sets June 2 deadline for major hospital projects

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday directed officials to complete the Alwal and LB Nagar Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS), Warangal Super Specialty Hospital and NIMS expansion works by June 2. He also set December next year as the deadline for completing the new Osmania General Hospital building and making it available to the public.

During a review meeting of the Medical and Health Department at the Bodhi Pavilion, MCRHRD, the Chief Minister instructed officials to expedite the construction works and simultaneously complete the recruitment of doctors and other staff. Revanth Reddy stressed the need for a uniform recruitment policy for Sanath Nagar, Alwal and LB Nagar TIMS. Doctors and staff should be transferred among the three institutions according to requirements. He suggested outsourcing management and housekeeping services to enable doctors to concentrate on medical care. Group-I officers would be appointed to supervise TIMS, while retired military personnel would oversee housekeeping staff.

The Chief Minister directed officials to utilise Sanath Nagar TIMS to its full capacity, particularly as patients were facing long waiting periods for surgeries at NIMS. Even when NIMS beds were unavailable or surgeries were delayed, patients should be accommodated at Sanath Nagar TIMS. He asked the Principal Secretary of Medical and Health, NIMS and TIMS directors to coordinate regularly. Doctors should also be recruited from outside until regular appointments are completed, with funds released immediately.

He directed officials to complete works relating to teaching and nursing colleges and procure equipment simultaneously with hospital projects. Another 79 dialysis centres under construction should be completed at the earliest, taking the total number of new centres established after the government assumed office to 95.

The CM also ordered biometric attendance systems in government hospitals to record doctors' and staff members' arrival and departure times, with AI-based monitoring.

Officials informed him that government hospital bed capacity had increased from 30,000 to 38,000 in three years. Revanth Reddy expressed satisfaction over the rise in outpatients from seven lakh to nine lakh and inpatients from 23 lakh to 24.30 lakh. He said the average allocation for the health sector had increased to 4.8 per cent of the State budget over the last three years, against 3.9 per cent earlier. A total of 13,401 appointments, including doctors, nurses, ANMs and paramedical staff, had been completed, while recruitment for another 5,640 posts was underway.

Recalling that Rajiv Aarogyasri coverage had been enhanced from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per family, he said nine medical colleges, 16 nursing colleges and 28 paramedical colleges had been established in three years. He assured that necessary funds would be released to prioritise public healthcare.

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