Published Nov 16, 2022 | 8:41 PM ⚊ Updated Nov 16, 2022 | 8:42 PM
“In public interest it is necessary and expedient to prohibit strikes at NIMS" said government notification evoking ESMA.(Creative Commons)
The Telangana government on Wednesday, 16 November, sanctioned ₹1,571 crore for the expansion of the Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad.
The government proposed 2,000 oxygen beds for the hospital, out of which, as many as 500 beds are expected to be in ICU.
At present, the hospital at NIMS has a total of 1,800 beds.
“Government after careful examination of the proposal, hereby accord administrative sanction to Director, NIMS, Hyderabad for an amount of Rs.1,571 towards ‘NIMS expansion project’ [sic],” reads the government order.
The expansion is expected to bring up a total of 42 departments, which include heart, kidney, brain, liver, cancer, emergency, trauma, and orthopaedic specialities, which would provide super-speciality care.
In an another big step towards #ArogyaTelangana, Govt sanctioned a ₹1,571 crores towards “NIMS expansion project”.
Telangana Govt under visionary leadership of CM Shri KCR garu signifies peoples health is top priority and strengthening Healthcare is paramount. pic.twitter.com/MMXpEcVecl
— Harish Rao Thanneeru (@BRSHarish) November 16, 2022
The expansion would also reportedly increase the number of super-speciality medical seats for postgraduate students in the hospital.
It was learned that additional facilities, specialities, departments, and infrastructure, which are currently not found on the premises, would be added to the new building.
The expansion is also expected to help in super-speciality nursing and allied health sciences training.
Currently, there are over 30 essential departments in the hospital along with academics, investigation, and research.
The construction of the new buildings is expected to be done at the government quarters available in the Punjagutta colony.
The Health Department in a statement said that the government was stepping towards setting up 10,000 super-speciality beds in the state.
“With the addition of 2,000 beds in NIMS, the total bed capacity in the hospital will become 3,800,” said the health department.
“There will be four Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences hospitals in the periphery of the city with 4,000 beds and a new super-speciality hospital in Warangal will have 2,000 beds, which will eventually y bring the number of super-speciality beds to around 10,000,” he added.
