Telangana doctors’ body seeks State-wide safety audit of government hospitals

The Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA) has urged the government to conduct a State-wide safety and infrastructure audit of all government healthcare institutions following a series of recent hospital incidents, including a fire at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Adilabad, which claimed the lives of five infants, and the ceiling collapse at MGM Hospital, Warangal, which injured three patients.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, TJUDA said the incidents had highlighted continuing deficiencies in infrastructure, maintenance, safety systems, funding, transportation and patient-care facilities across government hospitals. “The incidents should serve as a wake-up call for preventive and corrective action across the government healthcare system,” it added.