TIMS Sanathnagar will begin surgical services in phases after completing the sterilisation of its operation theatres and intensive care units and appointing doctors and other medical staff, expanding access to procedures and advanced inpatient care in Hyderabad’s government healthcare system.
The hospital, which was inaugurated in August, is already recording around 600 outpatient visits a day. Its phased surgical rollout is expected to increase the number of cases it can handle as operating theatres, clinical teams and support services become fully functional.
Constructed at a cost of Rs 1,126 crore on a 53-acre campus, Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS), Sanathnagar, has a capacity of 1,082 beds. This includes 300 intensive care beds and 31 major operation theatres, making it one of the largest government healthcare facilities in Telangana.
The commencement of surgical services is significant for patients who currently depend on overcrowded government hospitals for procedures and complex treatment. The additional operating theatres and ICU capacity are expected to improve access to surgeries requiring intensive post-operative care, although the hospital will scale up services gradually rather than activate its full capacity at once.
Dr A Narendra, director of TIMS, said the hospital would be able to handle a larger number of cases once surgical services became fully operational. “This will help reduce the burden on existing tertiary care facilities and improve access to timely treatment,” he said.
The phased model will allow the hospital to increase surgical volumes as its operating theatres, medical teams and supporting services are brought into operation. The approach also links the expansion of clinical services to the readiness of critical hospital infrastructure, including sterilised theatres and functioning intensive care units.
TIMS Sanathnagar’s capacity places it among the state’s largest public hospitals by bed strength and operating-theatre provision. Its planned expansion from outpatient care to surgeries and advanced inpatient treatment is intended to add capacity to Hyderabad’s tertiary healthcare network.
The hospital’s next step is to progressively expand the number of surgeries as more operation theatres, clinical teams and support services become fully functional.
