Relief in sight for patients waiting months for surgery, TIMS Sanathnagar to take up long-pending cases

Patients who person been waiting for months for surgeries and aesculapian procedures astatine large authorities hospitals successful Hyderabad whitethorn soon find relief, with the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) astatine Sanathnagar acceptable to instrumentality up long-pending cases erstwhile it begins operations. The 1000-bed hospital, set to beryllium inaugurated connected Ugadi — March 19 — is expected to grip the backlog surgeries from high-volume authorities hospitals successful the city, wherever waiting play for definite procedures often widen for respective months.

Speaking to The Hindu, Telangana’s Director of Medical Education (DME), A. Narendra Kumar, said Osmania General Hospital (OGH), Gandhi Hospital and the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), often person waiting periods of 3 to 5 months for definite treatments and surgeries. “Once services statesman astatine TIMS Sanathnagar, these waiting-list cases volition beryllium diverted to the caller installation truthful that patients tin person treatment, portion besides ensuring that the infirmary begins functioning with a dependable diligent load. That way, we volition person the patients and besides bash justness for the waiting cases by clearing them fast,” helium said.