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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Siddharth Kumar Singh

TIMS-Gachibowli: from pandemic saviour to empty halls, a tale of abandonment

Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) Gachibowli, once hailed as the heroic saviour during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, has now been reduced to a desolate facility, with fewer patients visiting it.

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The hospital currently operates without inpatient (IP) services and only two doctors manage the outpatient (OP) cases. The daily average for OP cases has decreased to a mere 30 patients, with just 15 patients showing up on Saturday. Such is the dire state of affairs that the hospital has resorted to keeping OP records in a conventional register.

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