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Contract healthcare workers staged a one-hour protest at Telangana government hospitals, demanding higher wages, timely salary payments and implementation of labour laws. Unions warned of a larger protest and possible strike if the government fails to address their long-pending grievances

Despite expanding health insurance coverage, the government’s promise of a financial safety net is eroding due to spiralling medical costs and persistently low public health spending 

Contract health care workers in Telangana will hold dharnas from December 2 to 4 and a Maha Dharna on December 5 demanding higher pay. The workers say they receive less than the promised salary and want new rules to ensure fair wages.

For the first time in years, government hospitals in Telangana have been overtaken by private facilities in the number of childbirths conducted, with 52.80% of deliveries happening in private healthcare setups in 2024–25.

The same ‘sarkari’ tag that attracts derision when tied to a public service becomes a badge of honour when linked to a job title, revealing a deep trust deficit in public institutions

New NMC 2025 rules allow non-teaching consultants with experience to become professors without senior residency. Government hospitals with 220 plus beds can become teaching institutes. The reforms aim to expand medical faculty, boost MBBS/PG seats, and strengthen India’s healthcare education

Government Pleader informs court that government hospitals are duly admitting and treating the patients without mandatorily insisting on producing Aadhaar

Court was dealing with a PIL in which the petitioner contended that the authorities are not complying with the SC judgement of establishing the district hospitals and PHCs attached to the Medical Colleges

The POW former state secretary Chandra Aruna, its state secretary Ch Shiromani and the PYL district NV Rakesh met Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Saturday and submitted a memorandum in support of the demand

Collector Pamela Satpathy said that medical officers working in urban health centers should concentrate on arogya mahila programme and ensure the completion of medical examinations to all the women in the limits of their centers.

The government teaching hospitals do not have exclusive super-specialty departments dedicated to minimally invasive surgeries.

Besides Huzurabad and Jammikunta hospitals, the situation also persists in Gandhi, NIMS and all other government hospitals in the State, said the MLA

Instead of focusing on ways to improve facilities in government hospitals, the State government, on the contrary, appears to be determined to weaken a bouquet of existing initiatives

Reminds that the government hospitals are already under-staffed, but overburdened with patients suffering from severe viral fevers

Continue to express concerns over lack of proper measures to address their grievances over safety and security in government hospitals across Telangana

Emergency and casualty services continued as usual, but elective surgeries at Gandhi Hospital, Osmania General Hospital (OGH), and Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) were postponed due to the boycott.

Doctors' demands include formation of specialist cadre for them and career progression scheme that ensures parity with their Central govt peers

Protesting junior doctors say that so far the State government has not provided decisive assurances over their demands

Students aspiring to get into medicine course are anxious as teh Government continues to delay the decision on reserving the seats for local students

Floral tributes were paid at Telangana Martyrs Memorials, commemorating the sacrifices of those who fought for the creation of Telangana.