HYDERABAD: In spite of repeated mishaps at the Osmania General Hospital (OGH), the state government has not worked to fulfil its promise of a new building.
The government had promised a new building at OGH in 2015, but over six years, later not even the foundation stone has been laid.
After several protests, only the 100-year-old ‘Old block’ of the OGH was shut. In 2018, after a massive protest, the building was finally shut down and wards were shifted to the less dilapidated Quli Qutub Shah building.
Currently, a majority of the wards are operating from the emergency block (another 50-55 year old building) and the Quli Qutub Shah building which is older. Surgeries are being conducted at a newer GHMC building.
“We have been requesting the government to take a decision, whether to preserve the old building or demolish it. At least construction of the new building should begin,” said Dr G Srinivas, general secretary, Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA).
