Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Hyderabad's TIMS Plans Medical Tourism Services For Foreign Patients
A new hospital in Hyderabad wants to treat more patients from other countries.
The hospital is called Dr. MCR TIMS.
The government has created a committee to help foreign patients with hospital care, translation, and insurance matters.
Fifty beds will be kept for these patients.
Doctors may treat problems such as heart disease, cancer, organ-related illnesses, and bone conditions.
Officials are discussing agreements with countries in Africa and Arab countries.
Some hospital services will charge fees, similar to NIMS.
Poor patients will still be able to receive free treatment through Aarogyasri.
Dr. MCR TIMS has launched an initiative to provide medical services for foreign patients.
A Medical Tourism Promotion Committee will oversee international patient wards, monitoring, country agreements, and translation services.
Fifty beds have been reserved exclusively for foreign patients at TIMS.
The government aims to make Telangana a medical tourism hub offering affordable specialist treatment.
Negotiations are underway for agreements with countries serving patients from Africa and Arab countries.
- Who
- Dr. MCR TIMS, the Telangana Health Department, and foreign patients.
- What
- A medical tourism initiative has been launched, including 50 beds for foreign patients and a committee to coordinate their care.
- When
- The initiative follows the recent inauguration of Dr. MCR TIMS; officials have recently begun negotiations for country agreements.
- Where
- Dr. MCR TIMS in Hyderabad, Telangana.
- Why
- The government wants to provide affordable specialist treatment and make Telangana a medical tourism hub.
- Facility
- Dr. Marri Chennareddy Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Dr. MCR TIMS)
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Reserved capacity
- 50 beds for foreign patients
- Oversight body
- Medical Tourism Promotion Committee
- Planned specialties
- Organ transplantation, cardiac surgery, cancer, neurology, orthopedics, urology, nephrology, and pulmonology
- International agreements
- Negotiations have begun for patients from Africa and Arab countries
- Support for poor patients
- Free services will continue under Aarogyasri