The Telangana government cancelled a hospital’s license in Hyderabad. The COVID-19 hospitals treating patients gets show-cause notices on May 18. These stern measures come a day after the Telangana High Court directed the state government to seriously take charge.

Dr G Srinivas Rao, Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, announced the action taken on the private hospitals by state government. He clearly stated to the media that they received 26 complaints on the WhatsApp number to lodge complaints against private hospitals that are overcharging them. “Three hospitals in Secunderabad, Nagole and Basheerbagh have been issued a show-cause notice for surplus billing and overcharging. The license of one hospital located in HITEC City in the Madhapur area, to treat COVID-19 patients, has been cancelled,” Dr Rao said. The Director also appealed to the public to use the WhatsApp number 9154170960 provided to intimate about private hospitals that are overcharging. With the end of this chaos, the state’s vaccination drive has been paused due to the shortage of vaccines. Dr Rao requested people to stay calm, said after the state receives an adequate quantity of vaccines will they resume the vaccination drive in Telangana.

Meanwhile, Director of Medical Education Dr Ramesh Reddy revealed that 50 cases of Mucormycosis or the ‘black fungus’ infection have been reported in state.

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