In the wake of a growing influx of COVID-19 patients into state-run hospitals, the Telangana government has decided to utilise the services of private medical colleges to treat those who test positive for the coronavirus, according to a senior official.
Stating that as many as four medical colleges have been identified in the limits of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), the official added that patients who are coming to government facilities would be treated at those colleges also.
"We will use their (private medical colleges) services for the people," he told PTI.
On reports about a couple of private labs halting tests, he said some labs were understood to have taken a break for a couple of days on their own to re-organise arrangements. He said that they have not asked or directed any private lab to halt the testing process.