Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy laid the foundation stone for a Rs 2700 crore worth new building in the premises of the Osmania General Hospital on Friday, January 31. The new building, three kilometers away from the existing building of the hospital, will house a 2000 bedded facility with 32 lakh square feet built up area in Goshamahal.
The CM performed Bhoomi Puja for the new hospital building at Goshamahal Police Stadium.
The present building of Osmania Hospital has long dealt with issues owing to its dilapidated condition and there have been demands for several years to construct a new building.
The Chief Minister promised that the new facility would be world-class and that it would give a big boost to public healthcare in Hyderabad and Telangana.
Telangana Health Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha said the process for the new building was completed in six months to lay the foundation. The government plans to complete construction of the entire building in two years.
The building would comprise 29 major and 12 minor operation theatres, with facilities for robotic surgery and a dedicated transplant theatre. MiThe Medical Education and Training wing would be expanded, with 30 departments, including eight new emerging super-specialty disciplines. The building would house a new academic block with nursing, dental, and physiotherapy colleges.
The new hospital building design has separate provisions for a power substation, fire station, bio and non-bio waste management, and STP. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, the highest priority has been given to designing the super-modern hospital to ensure the comfort and needs of patients, and the attending families and visitors.
Conceived after the Musi floods of 1908, the Osmania Hospital was built by Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad State and named after him. Designed by British architect Vincent Jerome Esch and Nawab Khan Bahadur Mirza Akbar Baig in the Indo-Sarcenic style, it was completed in 1919. Heritage experts say the domes of Osmania Hospital added to Hyderabad's charms.
The existing space of 7.5 lakh square feet was proving insufficient for the growing needs of the people. The demands to demolish the existing structure and build a new complex met with stiff resistance from heritage activists.