The Telangana Government has filed a counter-affidavit in the High Court making a case for demolishing the old Osmania General Hospital building and building a new facility with 1812 beds in the hospital complex.
The High Court is hearing a batch of petitions on OGH with all the petitioners making a case for construction of a new building for improving healthcare. The key difference is while one set of petitions are for preserving the listed OGH building, another set is for demolishing everything in the complex and constructing a new complex.
While the state had earlier filed a memo citing the deliberations of a high-powered committee including public representatives and state government officials, the HC had asked for a counter-affidavit to be filed in the Public Interest Litigation filed by the Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association.
