Telangana’s plan to complete hospital buildings under the Directorate of Secondary Health Care has been placed on a 2027 deadline, but the project’s reported numbers contain a significant inconsistency that must be clarified before the construction schedule can be treated as settled.
Health minister Damodar Rajanarasimha said during a review meeting in Hyderabad that 25 hospital buildings would be completed by March 2027. The meeting was held at the Rajiv Aarogyasri Trust office in Jubilee Hills, with senior officials from the health department and the Telangana Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TGMSIDC) in attendance.
According to the report, TGMSIDC managing director Gaurav Uppal told the minister that nine buildings under the Directorate of Secondary Health Care, also known as Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad, had already been completed. Fourteen more buildings were described as due for completion by December 2026, while another 11 were scheduled for completion by March 2027.
Those figures add up to 34 buildings when the nine completed buildings are included, rather than the 25-building total cited in the minister’s reported target. The supplied report does not explain whether the 25-building figure refers to a separate project group, whether some buildings are included in more than one category, or whether one of the reported figures was misstated. It also does not identify the locations, costs or individual construction status of the buildings.
The minister directed officials to install medical equipment and furniture in the nine completed buildings and prepare them to begin providing services to the public. He also instructed officials to start procurement for buildings expected to be completed in December 2026 and March 2027, rather than waiting until construction is finished.
The review also covered a larger construction programme. The report said 45 other buildings were at various stages of construction and that the minister directed officials to complete all buildings under the Directorate by the end of 2027. The relationship between these 45 buildings and the 25-building completion target was not detailed in the supplied material.
Rajanarasimha said the government had filled around 15,000 posts in the health department over the past three years, including positions for doctors, nurses and technicians. The staffing figure was presented alongside the construction review, but the report did not specify how many of those posts would be assigned to the newly completed facilities.
The minister also asked district-level health officials to remain alert because of El Niño conditions and to take precautionary measures to prevent interruptions to water supply, electricity and other essential services in hospitals. The meeting was attended by Health Principal Secretary Dr Christina Z. Chongthu, district coordinators of hospital services and other senior officials.
The immediate implementation priorities identified in the report are equipment and furniture procurement for completed and near-complete buildings, operational readiness of the nine completed facilities, and further construction under the Directorate. The overall project count, however, requires confirmation from the health department or TGMSIDC before the March 2027 schedule can be reported as a consistent 25-building programme.
