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 […]
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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 […]
‘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 […]
As Uncertainty Looms On Education, ‘Child Marriages’ On Rise In Telangana
Recently, Medchal district officials in Telangana received a distress call about a minor girl who was coerced into marrying a man aged around 30. The officials promptly stopped the illegal wedding, and after counselling, the girl was sent to a shelter. This is one of the over 200 cases of child marriage being stopped by […]
Two ‘Dying Covid Patients’ Videos Trigger ‘Row’ Over Govt. Chest Hospital In Hyderabad
The sheer negligence by doctors and medical support staff along with patient anxiety kills two lives in prestigious Government Chest Hospital in Hyderabad. As the matter get complicated with two videos within a week. And hours after 36-year-old Syed Ahmed recorded a video from the COVID-19 ward of Hyderabad’s Government Chest Hospital, alleging lack of […]
Distressed ‘Cab Drivers’ In Telangana Struggling To Survive With No Income And Mounting Debts
Arranging stacks of sugarcane into the car, a 36-year-old cab driver Nagesh Kumar prepares to hit the road with a new concept of survival. He pushed his car into a juice vending spot and started selling sugarcane juice near Gachibowli area in Hyderabad. Nagesh’s car has been slightly modified to convert it into a makeshift […]
Another ‘Lockdown’ Imposed From July 4 For 15-Days In Hyderabad GHMC Areas?
Increasing cases in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area, Hyderabad may go for another lockdown lasting around 15 days, the Telangana government hinted. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, after a high-level review meeting in Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad, said that the cabinet will meet in three or four days and take a decision on […]
The Story Of Vanishing ‘Covid Patients’ And Dissappearing ‘Covid Corpses’ At Gandhi Hospital In Hyderabad
This is the story of COVID patients and dead bodies ‘gone missing’ from Hyderabad’s top state-run Gandhi Hospital in recent months. As many as 5 COVID patients and 10 dead bodies have ‘gone missing’ from Hyderabad top state-run COVID designated hospitals in the recent months, suggesting large scale illegal trafficking of human bodies, an RTI […]
Messy ‘Covid Battle’ With Increasing Public Unrest Jolts KCR Govt In Telangana
Telangana Chief Minister KCR courts the image of a tough taskmaster who brooks no dissent or incompetence. But Telangana clearly seems to be struggling with the COVID pandemic. He announced a Covid-19 lockdown two days before the central government, on 22 March. He described the move as being in “sarvajana hitam (public interest)”. Telangana had […]