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Junior doctors protest over facilities and broken equipment at Hyderabad hospital
Junior doctors protested at Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad on October 12.
They called for improvements to hospital infrastructure and repairs to medical equipment.
Their association’s president said ventilators and the catheterisation laboratory were deficient, while X-ray and endoscopy equipment had not worked for months.
The doctors said these problems affect patient care and their clinical training.
They had met the Health Secretary a week earlier but said they received no concrete assurance.
They are seeking time-bound action and said they may intensify their protest if authorities do not respond.
Junior doctors protested at Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad on October 12, demanding better facilities and repairs to medical equipment.
They said deficiencies and non-functional machines were affecting patient care and clinical training.
The protest took place at the hospital from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The doctors said they would consider intensifying their agitation if authorities did not respond.
- Who
- Junior doctors at Osmania General Hospital, represented by the Osmania Medical College Junior Doctors Association.
- What
- They protested to demand improvements to hospital infrastructure and repairs to non-functional medical equipment.
- When
- October 12, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Where
- Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad.
- Why
- They said deficient facilities and broken equipment were affecting patient care and clinical training.
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Facilities ranging from ventilators to the catheterisation laboratory are deficient. Several diagnostic facilities and machines, including X-ray and endoscopy equipment, have not been working for months.
We have been waiting for seven days after the meeting, but there has been no proper assurance. That is why we decided to protest.
The association met Health Secretary Christina Z. Chongthu.
Junior doctors began their protest at Osmania General Hospital.
The protest ended.
- Hospital
- Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad
- Protest date
- October 12, 2026
- Protest hours
- 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Association president
- N. Chandrakanth Reddy
- Reported equipment problems
- Ventilators, catheterisation laboratory, X-ray and endoscopy equipment
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