Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy, along with Telangana Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao, officially opened the Critical Care Unit at RIMS in Adilabad on Friday.

The new 50-bed critical care facility has been established at a cost of Rs. 23.75 crore and is part of the Prime Minister's Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission program. The building features advanced medical equipment.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister Jupally Krishna Rao said the newly inaugurated Critical Care Unit at RIMS will provide improved intensive care (ICU) and super-specialty services to patients in critical condition. He stated that this will eliminate the need for patients to travel to Hyderabad or other cities for emergency treatment.

Jupally Krishna Rao said that a new chapter has begun in the history of Telangana's healthcare sector. He stated that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has laid the foundation stone for the reconstruction of the historic Osmania Hospital in Hyderabad at a massive cost of Rs. 2,700 crore, with state-of-the-art facilities.

The Minister stated that the State government is taking steps not only to construct buildings but also to ensure there is no shortage of staff to provide services to patients. He clarified that the government is determined to fill all vacant posts for doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other staff in all government hospitals across the state, including RIMS, on a war footing.

Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy said that in the healthcare sector, the central government is undertaking various development works, ranging from Basti Dhavakhanas and AYUSH centers to hospitals.

He said under the Modi government, remarkable national highway construction is taking place in every state and in the last 12 years, the central government has spent approximately Rs. 1.50 lakh crore on the construction of national highways in Telangana. Similarly, new projects are also underway with funds amounting to about Rs.80,000 crore, Kishan Reddy said.