Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Osmania General Hospital Upgrades Dermatology Facilities and Services
Osmania General Hospital has opened improved facilities for people with skin problems.
The new areas include a surgery theatre, a laser room and a special light-treatment room.
The department also received a library and a research room.
About 300 patients visit the department every day.
Between 50 and 75 of them attend the children’s skin clinic.
Doctors perform tests and treatments such as biopsies, cryotherapy and injections.
Phototherapy is free, and 15 to 20 patients use it each day.
Laser treatment is also free for problems such as scars, tattoos and unwanted hair.
The department also treats hair, nail, sexually transmitted and leprosy-related conditions.
Osmania General Hospital inaugurated upgraded dermatology facilities on Tuesday.
The additions include a dermatosurgery theatre, laser room, NB-UVB phototherapy room, library and research room.
The dermatology department treats about 300 outpatients daily, including 50 to 75 children.
Phototherapy and laser services are provided free of cost to patients.
The department offers procedures and treatment for skin, hair and nail disorders, sexually transmitted infections and leprosy.
- Who
- Osmania General Hospital’s Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, led by Prof. Dr K. Bhumesh Kumar Katakam.
- What
- Upgraded dermatology facilities, including a dermatosurgery theatre, laser room, NB-UVB phototherapy room, library and research room, were inaugurated.
- When
- Tuesday.
- Where
- Osmania General Hospital.
- Why
- To support diagnosis, treatment, procedures, research and free phototherapy and laser services for dermatology patients.
- Daily outpatient load
- About 300 patients
- Paediatric dermatology patients
- About 50 to 75 patients daily
- Average inpatient bed occupancy
- 75 per cent
- Daily diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Up to 10
- Daily phototherapy patients
- 15 to 20
- Phototherapy cost
- Free of cost
- Laser services
- Free of cost, using Q-switched, Nd:YAG and diode lasers