Hyderabad, Aug. 30 -- Telangana health minister C Damodar Raja Narasinha on Friday, August 29, said that patients referred from district government hospitals to the Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad should be treated on priority.

"Patients arriving from private hospitals must also be treated properly," the minister said. Narasimaha said that strict action will be taken against private hospitals in case they discharge patients midway through the treatment.

The health minister's instructions come after NIMS director Dr Berappa Nagari highlighted most patients arriving at the hospital were critical. The director said that many of them are reportedly being discharged without full recovery.

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