BRS demands IP services too at TIMS Sanathnagar in Hyderabad
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders have criticized the current Telangana government for limiting the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) to out-patient services only. The opposition argues that the facility, built under the previous administration, should be fully operational with in-patient and super-specialty care.
Why it matters
The dispute reflects ongoing political tensions regarding the credit for infrastructure projects and the delivery of public healthcare services.
Deputy Floor Leader of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana Assembly T. Harish Rao 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) 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.
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