After overcoming all legal hurdles in the Supreme Court and the state high court on the demolition of state secretariat buildings, the Telangana government led by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has set his eyes on the demolition of the century-old Osmania General Hospital. KCR government ordered the closure of the Osmania General Hospital, taking […]
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 […]
Hyderabad’s Historic Osmania General Hospital Flooded With Heavy Rains
It was a flood-like situation in the over a century old hospital with the employees struggling to prevent the water from entering the building in Hyderabad. Rain and drainage water entered into state-run Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad, turning the oldest and one of the biggest healthcare facilities in Telangana into a cesspool. It was […]
Social Activist Varavara Rao – A History Of Political Incarceration
Renowned Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao, accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, was shifted to JJ Hospital for tests due to his ailing health. The move comes after reports of Rao’s deteriorating condition in Taloja jail, Navi Mumbai were met with massive outrage on social media by concerned citizens, activists and his family members. The […]
‘Covid Patients’ Forced To Share Isolation Ward With ‘Dead Patient Bodies’ At Osmania Hospital In Hyderabad
This is the bizzare and shocking incident, which is untolerable at government run Osmania General Hospital (OGH) in Hyderabad, where Covid patients designated Covid Isolation Ward has become a point of sheer negligence and apathy of authorities. Here, in Osmania General Hospital, 20 patients had to share space with two bodies for over seven hours […]
Why ‘Contradictory Statements’ Over ‘Mosque Demolition’ By TRS Spokespersons And KCR?
The contradictory statements from the Telangana chief minister’s office and the TRS leaders over the demolition of two mosques and a temple within the premises of old secretariat complex have landed CM KCR in an embarrassing position. Especially with regard to the demolition of mosques, there was a strong protest from the Muslim groups, which […]