Hyderabad: KCR Govt To Spend Rs 3,000 Cr For Health Infra Upgrade

With a focus on developing government super-specialty healthcare facilities that will support the ever-increasing patient load in a metropolitan city like Hyderabad for the next decade. For this, the state govt- in the last 18 months, has launched medical infrastructure projects worth a staggering Rs 3, 000 crore just in and around Hyderabad.

In addition to the massive expenditures being incurred here to develop super-specialty government healthcare services, 33 new medical colleges and 350-bed specialty teaching hospitals are also being built.

The State government in the last 12 to 18 months has upgraded all major government teaching hospitals in the city. The main campus of OGH(Osmania General Hospital ) in Afzalgunj is still facing delays due to the heritage building. However, all affiliated super-specialty teaching hospitals in other parts of Hyderabad are being upgraded.

Expansion works are underway at Fever Hospital, Koti ENT Hospital, and Chest Hospital, Erragadda. At the same time, the maternity hospitals, including Petlaburj, Sultanbazaar, and Niloufer, have already witnessed expansion in the last 2 to 3 years.

In the last year, the KCR govt has spent nearly Rs. 186 crores to develop medical infrastructure at NIMS(Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences). In addition to the ongoing upgradation works at tertiary hospitals, an amount of Rs. 2, 679 crores has been sanctioned for 3 super-speciality hospitals in LB Nagar, Sanathnagar, and Alwal, Medchal-Malkajgiri.