Hyderabad: Health minister Damodar Rajanarasimha has directed officials to make TIMS hospitals at Alwal and LB Nagar, Warangal Super Specialty Hospital and the expanded NIMS fully operational by June 2 next. He also set Dec 2027 as the deadline for completing the construction of the new Osmania Hospital.During a review meeting, the minister stressed that hospital construction, procurement of medical equipment and recruitment of doctors and staff should be expedited simultaneously. He also directed officials to follow a unified recruitment policy for all three TIMS hospitals — Sanathnagar, Alwal and LB Nagar — allowing doctors and staff to be deployed between them based on requirements. Management and housekeeping staff should be hired through outsourcing, while Group-1 officers would be appointed to supervise hospital administration.Meanwhile, with surgeries at NIMS facing delays due to limited operation theatres despite adequate surgeons, the minister also directed officials to utilise the facilities at TIMS Sanathnagar to accommodate patients waiting for operations. He asked NIMS and TIMS managements to coordinate and ensure that patients could access the available operation theatres and equipment. “Doctors should also be drafted from outside until regular appointments at TIMS are completed,” he added.The minister also directed the officials to complete 79 dialysis centres under construction at the earliest. He called for a comprehensive plan to develop teaching, nursing and paramedical colleges alongside hospital infrastructure.He further ordered the implementation of biometric attendance and AI-based monitoring of doctors and staff at govt hospitals.
