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Foundation Stone to be laid by Telangana CM KCR
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Total beds capacity to increase to 3700
IndiGlobal Bureau
Health Minister Harish Rao, has directed officials to expedite all necessary arrangements for the construction of a new 2,000-bed building as part of the expansion of the NIMS Hospital, Panjagutta. The foundation stone for the new building will be laid in NIMS premises by the Chief Minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao shortly.
The expansion of NIMS has been initiated by the Chief Minister to cater to the increasing population needs, along with the construction of 1,000-bed TIMS hospitals in suburbs of Hyderabad.
Harish Rao held a review meeting with senior officials of the Health Department at Dr. BR Ambedkar’s Telangana State Secretariat on Tuesday. On this occasion, Minister Harish Rao stated that the new NIMS facility, to be built up to eight floors, will increase the total beds capacity from 1,500 to 3,500. He also stated that once the recently laid foundation stone for the super specialty MCH (Mother and Child Healthcare) is completed, 200 more beds will be added thus taking the total beds capacity to 3700. This expansion will provide better access to health services to the people of the State, he stressed.
The NIMS MCH works should be expedited, and apart from this, the Minister directed the completion of the 200-bed super specialty MCH being constructed at Gandhi Hospital by the end of this month. If completed, it will be the first super specialty MCH in the country. The government wants to accelerate the work of the Government Fertility Center and the State Organ Transplant Center being set up in Gandhi hospital.
The minister directed the Gandhi Superintendent to take steps to improve transplant surgeries like those performed at NIMS hospital in Gandhi. Brain-dead declarations should be made, and organs should be given to those in need to give life.
Furthermore, the Minister issued an order to conduct the online recruitment of 5,204 Staff Nurse posts in various wings of the Health Department. He said that the recruitment process should be completed transparently and efficiently.
Harish Rao suggested that ideally Hospital directors and superintendents should arrive at the hospital before everyone else and leave after everyone else. He suggested that by making rounds in hospitals for two hours every day and visiting all the departments, most of the problems can be solved.
The review meeting was attended by Health Secretary SA Rizvi, Arogyasri CEO N.R. Visalatchy DME Ramesh Reddy, DH Srinivasa Rao, TSMSIDC MD Chandrasekhar Reddy, TVVP Commissioner Ajay Kumar, CM OSD Gangadhar, NIMS In-charge Director Beerappa, Gandhi Superintendent Raja Rao, MNJ Cancer Hospital Director Dr Jayalatha, and other officials.
