Hyderabad, March 26 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said on Thursday that the completion of multispecialty hospitals in Warangal and the state capital will add 10,000 beds to the state's public health system.
Speaking during the Question Hour in the assembly, Reddy also said the health department is developing a website where non-resident Telangana doctors can register to volunteer their services to hospitals in the state during their visits home.
"A new Osmania hospital is being constructed in Goshamahal (in Hyderabad) on 30 acres with a cost of Rs 3000 crores. Work on TIMS (Telangana Institutes of Medical Sciences) hospitals is being accelerated. Therefore, an additional 10,000 beds will be made available for patients. We are correcting the mistakes made in the past (during the BRS regime)," the CM told the House.
Taking on the BRS party, Reddy said the previous regime left the Aarogyasri scheme with outstanding dues of Rs 627 crore, and while bearing this burden, the Congress government doubled the insurance coverage from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.
He said that after the Congress came to power in December 2023, Rs 2,046 crore had been disbursed under the CM Relief Fund, while Rs 2,400 crore had been spent on the Aarogyasri Scheme.
"In total, our government has spent approximately Rs 4500 crore on the healthcare of the poor."
He highlighted that there were many irregularities in the distribution of cheques from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund earlier, and cases were registered against the perpetrators.