Slow pace of work at Warangal multi-super specialty hospital, completion to be delayed

The new hospital is supposed to lessen the burden of MGM hospital by providing quality services to the people of Northern Telangana and bordering districts of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh States.

Hyderabad: With the Congress government managing to complete just 16 percent of the construction work of the 24-storey multi-super specialty hospital on a 56-acre campus on the Old Central Jail premises at Warangal city in the last one year, the project is likely to miss the deadline of March 2025.

The previous BRS government completed 64 percent of the works of the hospital and the entire project was supposed to be completed by last December. However, due to elections, the project was delayed and was expected to be completed by the end of the year. With just 16 percent of the work completed in the last one year, the government is likely to miss the March deadline. Sources say the project could take over six months to complete.

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Health secretary Christina Z Chongthu has been monitoring the works closely, but the work was not progressing at the pace it should be, sources said.

The hospital was the dream project of former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who laid the foundation for the super speciality hospital on June 21, 2021. He wanted the hospital to be built on the lines of the multi-storied Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre in Canada. Rao initiated the prestigious Warangal Health City project to provide corporate-level healthcare services to the people of North Telangana.

The doctors and people of North Telangana are eagerly waiting for the completion of the hospital as it would help them in getting quality treatment. Currently, there is a lot of pressure on MGM hospital. The MGM hospital is struggling with overcrowded facilities and overwhelmed staff, adding to the difficulties of providing timely and effective healthcare.

The new hospital is supposed to lessen the burden of MGM hospital by providing quality services to the people of Northern Telangana and bordering districts of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh States.

The multi-super specialty hospital being constructed at a cost of Rs. 1,200 crore will have a bed strength of 2,250 with 35 departments. As part of the hospital, a 420 seating capacity lecture hall will be set up on the 23rd floor. The hospital will have 36 super speciality divisions, along with around 500 doctors, more than a 1,000 nurses, paramedics and other staff. Upon completion of the hospital construction, the hospital is expected to attract medical tourism and develop Warangal into a health city.