Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Hospital Suppliers Halt Telangana Aarogyasri Supplies Over Unpaid Dues
Some companies that provide medical supplies to government hospitals in Hyderabad have stopped deliveries.
They say they have not been paid for nearly two years.
The supplies include medicines, surgical items and equipment used in hospitals.
Some suppliers provide heart-treatment equipment to Osmania General Hospital.
Others provide items to Gandhi Hospital, Osmania and other government hospitals.
The suppliers say they asked officials for payment but did not receive a response.
They want the health department and Aarogyasri Health Care Trust to intervene.
They warn that a longer delay could affect hospitals’ supplies.
Suppliers to Hyderabad government hospitals have stopped providing equipment, surgical items and medicines under the Rajiv Aarogyasri scheme.
The Twin Cities Hospitals Suppliers Association said payments have been pending for nearly two years.
Suppliers said repeated requests to the director of medical education received no response.
Members supply cathlab stents and accessories to Osmania General Hospital and medical items to Gandhi Hospital, Osmania and other hospitals.
Suppliers said they will resume Aarogyasri supplies only after their outstanding payments are cleared.
- Who
- Suppliers represented by the Twin Cities Hospitals Suppliers Association and government health authorities.
- What
- Suppliers halted medical equipment, surgical-item and medicine deliveries under the Rajiv Aarogyasri scheme over unpaid dues.
- When
- Payments have reportedly been pending for nearly two years; the stoppage is ongoing.
- Where
- Government hospitals in Hyderabad, including Osmania General Hospital and Gandhi Hospital.
- Why
- Suppliers said repeated requests for payment received no response and that they will not resume supplies until dues are cleared.
- Scheme
- Rajiv Aarogyasri
- Suppliers’ association
- Twin Cities Hospitals Suppliers Association
- Reported payment delay
- Nearly two years
- Affected supplies
- Medical equipment, cathlab stents and accessories, surgical items, medicines and drugs
- Hospitals named
- Osmania General Hospital, Gandhi Hospital and other government hospitals
- Suppliers’ condition
- Supplies will resume after outstanding payments are cleared
- Requested intervention
- Health department and Aarogyasri Health Care Trust