Hyderabad, Oct. 1 -- Telangana health minister C Damodar Raja Narasimha on Tuesday, September 30 asked officials to ensure patient care at Telangana Institute if Medical Sciences (TIMS).

He said that the hospital will compete with the private hospitals in Telangana in terms of service and maintenance. Health officials were asked to develop TIMS at Sanathnagar Kothapet and Alwal to match the standards of corporate hospitals. He instructed that equal priority be given to cleanliness and patient care, following the model of AIG, Apollo, Yashoda, NIMS, and AIIMS hospitals.

He stressed that TIMS should also have an autonomous governance system like NIMS. In the context of the upcoming inauguration of the Sanathnagar TIMS, the minister held a...