1 week ago
TIMS Sanathnagar Opens Outpatient Care as Inpatient Services Wait
TIMS Sanathnagar has started seeing patients who do not need to stay overnight.
People can register between 8 am and noon each day.
Doctors see registered patients until 2 pm.
Emergency and inpatient care are not available yet.
The hospital says its operating theatres must be cleaned and tested first.
Three tests in a row must show that no germs are present.
This cleaning began after the hospital’s inauguration because many people attended.
Some local patients are happy because the hospital is easier to reach.
Other patients were confused about the registration hours and had to return.
Inpatient services may begin in about two weeks.
TIMS Sanathnagar is accepting outpatient registrations daily from 8 am to noon.
Doctors are attending to registered outpatients until 2 pm.
Inpatient and emergency services have not started because facility work is ongoing.
Theatre sterilisation must produce three consecutive negative reports before procedures can begin.
Inpatient services may start in about two weeks, according to a highly placed source.
- Who
- Doctors and patients at the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences Sanathnagar.
- What
- Outpatient registrations have begun, while inpatient and emergency services remain unavailable.
- Where
- At the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences in Sanathnagar, Hyderabad.
- When
- Registrations are accepted daily from 8 am to noon, with doctors attending patients until 2 pm; inpatient services may begin in about two weeks.
- Why
- Operating theatres are undergoing sanitation and sterilisation and must produce three consecutive negative reports before inpatient procedures can begin.
Key facts
- Outpatient registration
- Daily from 8 am to noon
- Doctor availability
- Doctors attend registered patients until 2 pm
- Unavailable services
- Inpatient and emergency services have not commenced
- Expected inpatient opening
- Likely to take another two weeks
- Sterilisation requirement
- Three consecutive reports must confirm the absence of germs
- Reason for delay
- Operating theatres are undergoing sanitation and sterilisation
Quotes
Patient
A patient describing improved access to medical care after TIMS Sanathnagar opened
“Earlier, I used to go to the Nims or Osmania Hospital. With the opening of Tims, it is convenient for us to come here and get ourselves checked.”
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