Hyderabad:
At the unveiling of a new molecular and stem laboratory in Nizam Institute of
Medical Sciences, the health minister of Telangana, Eatala Rajender has said
that the Gandhi Hospital will soon open its doors to patients suffering from
other diseases and illnesses soon. Gandhi Hospital has been designated as a
coronavirus treatment centre since the outbreak in March. The hospital has
stopped treating patients with other diseases and illnesses in light of the
highly dangerous coronavirus which can transmit between people easily.
The health
minister has dedicated the new laboratory to the people and said that Gandhi
Hospital’s current occupancy by the covid-19 patients stands at 300 and the
hospital will avail non-covid services. The total bed capacity at Gandhi
Hospital is 2,000. The Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences has planned
expansion in future which will cost Rs. 250 crores and plans to avail the money
through a loan. The health minister was optimistic saying that a new block will
assist the hospital to treat more out-patient cases than before. He also said
that the ministry had been planning to construct new hospitals across Hyderabad
which will benefit hugely to the people in the city and in the surrounding
districts.
