Overview
- K.T. Rama Rao and T. Harish Rao inspected clinics in Hyderabad, where staff reportedly have gone six months without pay and key test reagents were unavailable.
- Leaders said only about 60 of 110 essential medicines were in stock at some Basti Dawakhanas, forcing patients to buy drugs and tests outside.
- T. Harish Rao demanded immediate release of salaries and roughly Rs 1,400 crore in Aarogyasri reimbursements owed to private hospitals.
- K.T. Rama Rao alleged that four planned TIMS hospitals and a NIMS expansion have languished and warned of a dharna if work is not expedited.
- The BRS said a team led by T. Rajaiah will compile a formal report on health facilities, while a spokesperson separately alleged expired medicines were given at Rasoolpura.