Hyderabad, Sept. 9 -- In an effort to aid the homeless and destitute patients, the Osmania General Hospital (OGH) on Thursday inaugurated a 20-bedded special ward. It was set up in collaboration with the city-based NGO Helping Hand Foundation.

These patients are termed 'unknown cases' as they come without family or attenders and are brought to the hospital by the police. Now, the NGO will take responsibility to look after such patients, while the doctors and nurses treat them. It is said that at least two-three 'unknown' cases are found in the OGH daily.

OGH's superintendent B Nagender, RMOs and HHF's volunteers formally participated in the inauguration on Thursday here. "Hitherto a lot of unknown cases used to come and there was no coo...