Medical services will be closer to poor people in Telangana, says CM KCR

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has said that medical services will be closer to the poor people in Telangana. 

On Tuesday, CM KCR paid a visit to the multi-super specialty hospitals at Kothapet (LB Nagar), Erragadda Chest Hospital (Sainath Nagar), and Alwal in Hyderabad city. He addressed the gathering after laying the foundation stone for super specialty hospitals in Alwal.

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"We will further strengthen the medical system in the state and provide medical services to Hyderabad from all directions," he said.

He said that the number of beds and facilities in rural hospitals has increased. He said that 6,000 beds are going to be increased in the hospitals in Hyderabad, Not only that, KCR assured that special ambulances would be set up.

It is worth mentioning that the Telangana Chief Minister will release the vision and introduce 11 resolutions tomorrow at the TRS formation day. 

Medical Dialogues team has earlier published that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has laid the foundation stone for three Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (TIMS) Hospitals in LB Nagar, Erragadda, and Alwal and said that newly built medical hospitals will now get additional 6,000 beds.

A cost of Rs 2,679 crore has been allotted by the state government to construct these hospitals.

KCR told TOI at the Alwal event, "Hospitals will not only strengthen the overall medical system but also make healthcare more accessible to the poor in Telangana. Medical services will now be available in every corner of Hyderabad." 

Medical services in Hyderabad have been improving each day and now the city has nearly 15 government medical colleges.

Hyderabad has been able to attract investments worth Rs 2,30 lakh crore to the healthcare sector over the past seven years, KCR stated.

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