Telangana CM discusses issues at medical colleges flagged by NMC; directs officials to examine Japanese as optional subject in nursing
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed the Health department officials to prepare a comprehensive action plan to provide all the amenities to the 34 medical colleges across the State to ensure their effective functioning.
Official committee
He instructed the officials to constitute an official committee in this direction to study the situation in each of these medical colleges, identify their needs, works of immediate importance, requirement of funds and the help from the government and submit a report. The Chief Minister reviewed the functioning of the Health department, in Hyderabad on Monday (June 16, 2025) and discussed about the issues flagged by the National Medical Commission (NMC).
He directed the officials concerned to submit a report on the status of appointments in government medical colleges, promotions to teaching staff, enhancement of bed strength in the teaching hospitals, filling vacant posts and related issues. He assured that the State government would take steps to immediately release funds pending to medical colleges.
Mr. Reddy wanted the officials to bring to the notice of the government issues pertaining to the release of funds and permissions from the Central Government so that he could take up the matter with Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda and officials concerned for their resolution.
He wanted the officials to examine the possibility of including the Japanese language as an optional subject in nursing courses, as there was heavy demand for nursing staff from the State in Japan. The Government of Japan had evinced keen interest in extending cooperation to the State in this direction.
Review of Health and Edu depts third week of every month
The Chief Minister favoured development of an application for recording details of patients visiting the government hospitals, doctors who were treating them and the timings of the respective hospitals. Underlining the importance of Health and Education departments, Mr. Reddy directed Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao to review the functioning of the two departments in the third week of every month.
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