India, Jan. 31 -- Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday laid the foundation stone for a new building complex of Osmania General Hospital (OGH) at Goshamahal in Hyderabad, about 2 km from the existing hospital complex, which has been serving as a major healthcare facility for more than a century.

An official statement said that the chief minister unveiled the plaque marking the commencement of works for the hospital complex, in the presence of his several cabinet colleagues, including state health minister Damodar Rajanarasimha and roads and buildings minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy.

Hyderabad Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi and officials of the health department were also present on the occasion.

The hospital complex is being...