Exposing the poor standards of sanitation and hygiene at the Osmania General Hospital amid the Covid-19 pandemic, around 20-30 patients who were waiting their turn for surgery at the hospital contracted the virus. They are now being treated at Gandhi Hospital. These 20-30 cases of cross-infection were reported in the last one month. The OGH […]
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Activists Furore On KCR Govt’s ‘Demolition Spree’ Of ‘Heritage Buildings’ In Hyderabad
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 […]
All Set For ‘Old Building Demolition’ Of Osmania General Hospital In Hyderabad
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 […]
‘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 […]