Congress, Revanth Reddy claim credit for KCR’s TIMS projects

The BRS has highlighted the timeline of Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences projects, asserting that the KCR-led government conceived the initiative, sanctioned funds and began construction. The claims come amid a political dispute over credit for the Sanathnagar TIMS campus.

Hyderabad: In recent weeks, a familiar political tug-of-war has emerged, with the current Congress administration, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, facing intense criticism for attempting to hijack the legacy and credit of the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) projects.

While the incumbent government has overseen ribbon-cutting ceremonies for completed milestones like the Sanathnagar campus, the historical record tells a vastly different story.

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When the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic exposed severe strains on urban medical infrastructure, it was former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and his administration who originally conceptualized this bold, decentralized model to bring corporate-level, super-specialty healthcare completely free of cost to the urban poor.

Realizing that Hyderabad’s massive urban sprawl required local affordable super-specialty hospitals rather than depending on a single central hospital like Gandhi Hospital, the BRS leadership came up with the vision of developing a ring of multi-super-speciality institutions encircling the city.

The strategy materialized initially with the emergency conversion of the Gachibowli sports facility, before scaling into a multi-thousand-crore commitment to build permanent teaching and super-specialty TIMS hospitals in all four directions of the capital.

Later, the foundation of these grand plans were set in motion on April 26, 2022 when the former Chief Minister personally performed the bhumi puja and sanctioned funds to simultaneously launch the Sanathnagar, Alwal, and LB Nagar TIMS mega-complexes.

Heavy infrastructural groundworks and execution contracts were firmly established during the BRS government period, with key architects including former Health Minister T. Harish Rao driving the administrative clearances, site allocations, and foundational construction long before any subsequent administration stepped in.

A state-of-the-art super-specialty affordable hospital for the general public of Hyderabad is a welcome milestone but the historical record will always remain clear, the TIMS revolution was born entirely from the foresight and administrative resolve of former Chief Minister, K Chandrashekhara Rao.

The TIMS TIMELINE:

TIMS Project Timeline & Major Landmarks

April 10, 2020: BRS Government announces Gachibowli Stadium sports hostel as TIMS multi-specialty hospital.

April 25, 2020: Issues G.O. Ms. No. 22 formally establishing TIMS.

July 6, 2020: TIMS Gachibowli officially opens a 1,500-bed COVID-19 tertiary care facility.

January 2022: BRS Government rolls out policy roadmap to establish four major multi-super-speciality TIMS hospitals around Hyderabad.

April 21, 2022: Rs 2,679 crore officially granted for three new TIMS in Alwal, Sanathnagar, and LB Nagar.

April 26, 2022: CM K Chandrashekhara Rao lays foundation stones for three TIMS complexes simultaneously.

February 8, 2023: On-ground heavy construction officially commences at the Sanathnagar TIMS site by MEIL

December 29, 2023: MEIL officially highlights its progress on the 1,000-bed Sanathnagar infrastructure project on X

August 17, 2026: The Sanathnagar TIMS campus is inaugurated