The Royal Nizam-built Osmania General Hospital was in the news headlines after it was inundated in the recent rains that lashed the city of Hyderabad. Doctors too have been citing lack of safety. But heritage lovers and activists say there are other ways of preserving it. The 155-year-old Osmania General Hospital, a heritage building dating […]
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How Poor People Drag Into Murky ‘Covid Drug Trials’ In Telangana?
The test subjects are usually poor men, and touts teach them how to ‘score well’ to get into clinical trials. Karthik’s voice quivers as he describes what he is going through. “I was vomiting constantly for days. My insides hurt and sometimes I can’t even pick a glass up. My hands shake a lot,” he […]
Why ‘Food Insecurity’ Becomes The ‘Growing Global Menace’?
Hunger will lead to poverty and diseases, although not all people living below the poverty line experience food insecurity because those living above the poverty line could also experience food insecurity. Lack of consistent access to enough food for an active and healthy life is known as food insecurity. There are millions of people all […]
Acute Shortage Of ‘Ward Boys’ Delays In Clearing Dead Bodies At Covid Gandhi Hospital In Hyderabad
In a shocking situation, the Telangana’s Covid-designated state-run Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad is witnessing a ‘acute crisis’ due to the shortage of ward boys. Inadequate staff at the 60-bed casualty ward of the hospital is resulting in delays in clearing COVID-victim dead bodie in the past few days, proving to be a nightmare for patients availing […]
Mass Cremation Of ‘Covid Dead Bodies’ Exposed The ‘Dark-Side Of GHMC Conspiracy’ In Hyderabad
A few videos purportedly shot at a cremation ground in Hyderabad are raising concerns over how the COVID-19 deaths are being reported in Telangana. The visuals show several dead bodies being burnt while some people stand by and others are engaged in burning them. As these videos surfaced on social media, the opposition parties and […]
Why Covid Pandemic Leads To More Child Marriages In India?
The pandemic has caused a lot of unexpected damage to various aspects of human life. According to a UN report published in April, the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to an extra 13 million child marriages over the next decade. Other estimates suggest that four million girls are at risk of child marriage in the next […]
How One ‘State Health Bulletin’ Can Answer To ‘Covid Criticism’ In Telangana?
After discrepancies were found and highlighted several times in the medical bulletins put out by the District Medical Health Officers (DMHO) and the state health department, Telangana has finally found a solution to this never-ending controversy: they have now instructed all DMHOs to stop issuing medical bulletins altogether! Most districts have already stopped issuing medical […]
Why Telangana Govt Failed To Handle ‘Covid-19 Muddle’ And Facing Flak?
Doctors, Epidemiologists, and researchers point out that Telangana now needs to enforce a comprehensive preventive strategy to arrest the transmission of the disease. But the sign of action from government is very blurring to see and clarification statements making noise all over. Recently, the Telangana government transferred out the Special Chief Secretary Health A Santi […]
‘Structural Health’ Of Osmania General Hospital Falls Prey To ‘Bad Political Governance’
Structural health of the heritage structure remains questionable for decades now. An existential dilemma has been plaguing the Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad for long, with the structural health of the heritage structure, constructed in the early 1900s, remaining questionable for decades now. The condition of the hospital is once again the subject of a debate on […]