Conceived in the shadow of COVID-19, the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) was envisioned as a long-term response to the vulnerabilities that the pandemic exposed in the public healthcare system. Now nearing completion, the ₹1,070-crore, 1,000-bed TIMS facility at Sanathnagar in Hyderabad represents the State’s biggest leap toward an autonomous, next-gen government hospital model. As its opening draws near, Siddharth Kumar Singh examines whether it would live up to that promise or end up as a missed opportunity
Conceived in the shadow of COVID-19, the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) was envisioned as a long-term response to the vulnerabilities that the pandemic exposed in the public healthcare system. Now nearing completion, the ₹1,070-crore, 1,000-bed TIMS facility at Sanathnagar in Hyderabad represents the State’s biggest leap toward an autonomous, next-gen government hospital model. As its opening draws near, Siddharth Kumar Singh examines whether it would live up to that promise or end up as a missed opportunity