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In a significant development, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has announced that he will be laying foundation stone for the construction of the new Osmania General Hospital in Goshamahal on January 31. He stressed that the new Osmania Hospital with state of the art facilities should meet the needs of the people in the next 100 years. 

Announcing the laying of the foundation stone to the new hospital building on January 31, the Chief Minister ordered the officials to construct the high quality hospital structure without compromising on any issue.

At a high level review on the construction of the hospital at his residence on Saturday, CM Revanth Reddy suggested that complete regulations should be followed in the construction of the Osmania Hospital building and the hostel buildings to be built separately for the teaching staff, male and female students.

Revanth emphasized that due care should be taken in the construction of the hospital, parking and landscape. Road network should be developed on all four sides to facilitate hassle free vehicular traffic to the hospital. 

Underpasses should also be built to connect other roads where it is required, the Chief Minister said, asking the officials to develop two floors of underground parking to park the vehicles of patients, helpers and those coming for medical treatment. Revanth Reddy also instructed the officials to construct dormitories, fire stations, canteens, toilets and STPs in the hospital premises. CM suggested the establishment of mortuary and body freezing boxes with modern facilities to preserve the dead bodies for a long time.

The officials have been asked to construct a Helipad as Heli- ambulances are being used to bring the patients and organ transportation in the emergency time. The CM suggested the creation of a facility for a pleasant atmosphere so that the visiting patients and people should not feel they are coming to the hospital.  The CM also recommended several changes in the designs of the construction of the new hospital building.

Health Minister Damodar Rajanarsimha, CM’s Advisor Vem Narender Reddy, Government Advisor (Infrastructure) Srinivasa Raju, Chief Minister's Joint Secretary Sangeetha Satyanarayana, Medical and Health Secretary Christiana Chongtu, Flagship Programs Commissioner Shashanka, Hyderabad Collector Anudeep Durisetty and others took part in the review.