A view of the Dr. Marri Channa Reddy Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (MCR TIMS) at Sanathnagar, which is scheduled to be inaugurated by Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday (August 17, 2026)
| Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR
HYDERABAD
Deputy Floor Leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana Assembly T. Harish Rao has criticised the State Government for allowing only the out-patient (OP) services at Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) in Sanathnagar, instead of making it operational with full-fledged services including the in-patient treatment.
Mr. Rao said on Monday (August 17, 2026) that it was unfortunate that a health facility developed with ₹1,000 crore was being limited only for the OP services and just change of name of the hospital would not alter the facts about who planned the facility and who constructed it. On the lines of claiming credit by giving appointment letters to employees selected during the BRS rule, the present government publicised the inauguration of TIMS as its own hard work.
It was the former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao who planned three super speciality hospitals on three sides of the city, Alwal, Sanathnagar and L.B. Nagar, to extend corporate-level super speciality healthcare services to the poor and took up construction and almost completed them by the time the BRS government demitted the office.
With 1,000 beds each, the construction of three hospitals was taken up with ₹2,679 crore. It was after the Congress government assumed office it had changed dates and deadlines several times for their inauguration. Along with the three TIMS, the BRS government had also taken up a multi-super speciality hospital at Warangal and a 2,000-bed block in NIMS, but the government was delaying them too.
Published – August 17, 2026 04:11 pm IST
