Basthi Dawakhanas in Hyderabad are facing staff shortages, delayed salaries, medicine shortages and long waits for diagnostic results. Employees say these problems are affecting morale and patient care, while patients are increasingly forced to depend on private pharmacies and diagnostic centres.
Outsourced employees at the Government General Hospital in Suryapet staged a novel protest by seeking alms on the streets after not receiving salaries for five months. The workers demanded timely wage disbursal and urged the government to resolve the issue before the upcoming festival.
Public anger in Telangana has reached a tipping point, with widespread protests erupting across sectors from health workers and junior doctors to farmers and panchayat staff. The Congress government faces mounting criticism over unpaid wages, broken promises, and administrative apathy.
