Tag: Etela Rajender

Health Minister Admits Situation In Hyd Alarming

Telangana home minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali was on Sunday admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad after he tested positive for the Covid-19, health department officials said. Ali is the first cabinet minister in the state to test positive for Covid-19. Earlier, three TRS legislators, gunmen and personal assistants of at least three ministers tested […]

Centre’s corona fight confined to clapping, lighting lamps: TRS

Stepping up the attack on the Centre, Telangana Health Minister E. Rajender on Monday said its fight against coronavirus is confined to clapping and lighting lamps. On a day when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organized state-wide protests over Telangana government’s failure in containing the spread of Covid-19, the minister intensified his attack on the […]

Eatela Rejects Pvt Hospitals’ Plea For Higher COVID-19 Treatment Charges

HYDERABAD: Representatives of Private Hospitals Association met Telangana Health Minister Eatela Rajender on the issue of the government capping the price for the treatment of COVID-19 in private hospitals. The Association members met the health minister at BRK Bhavan on Thursday and urged him to increase the charges of COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals. However, […]

Gandhi Hospital Doctors Demand Decentralisation Of COVID-19 Cases

HYDERABAD: The junior doctors of Telangana’s Gandhi Hospital who have been agitating from Tuesday night have decided to continue their protest even after a meeting with Health Minister Etela Rajender on Wednesday, as their talks with the government remained inconclusive. Gandhi Hospital doctors have been in the agitation mode since Tuesday night. They are boycotting […]

Symptomatic Patients To Be Treated At District Level Centres: Health Min

HYDERABAD: With the rise of COVID-19 cases in Telangana, Health Minister Eatela Rajender on Sunday directed officials to provide treatment for people who are found symptomatic for COVID-19 at the district level centres. He also ordered to put patients in isolation wards there. The minister issued orders in this regard at a meeting with officials […]

As death toll rises, Eatala enquires after critical patients

HYDERABAD: Taking note of the rising number of Covid-19 deaths in the State, Health Minister Eatala Rajender sat down with Gandhi Hospital Superintendent Dr Raja Rao to discuss the condition of critical patients. Eatala said, “Gandhi Hospital currently has over 30 Covid-19 patients who are in a critical condition. We are constantly monitoring them. I […]

We did not let Hyderabad become Kurnool: TRS minister

There has been a severe criticism on Telangana government that it is not doing adequate tests to rectify more Corona cases and so the cases count is coming down in the last few days. Especially the BJP is accusing TRS government of acting on the behest of MIM party in this regards. Telangana Health minister […]

KCR, Eatala differ on Markaz returnees?

Not long ago, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao told a press conference that the health department authorities, municipal authorities and the police were able to track all the returnees from Tablighi Jamaat conference held at Nizamuddin in New Delhi in the second week of March and also all their contacts. “We have been able […]

One more dies in Telangana, 18 new cases

Hyderabad: One more person died of coronavirus in Telangana on Thursday, taking the death toll to 12, Health Minister Eatala Rajender said. The state reported 18 COVID-19 positive cases on Thursday, taking the state’s tally of positive cases to 471. Of this 45 have recovered and discharged from hospitals and 12 have died. The minister […]

First Corona Death In Telangana!

Telangana state on Saturday reported the first death due to Coronavirus. A 74-year old man from Khairatabad, who got admitted to Global Hospitals for other symptoms died and after death, he turned out to be a Coronavirus positive. This was declared by health minister Etela Rajender at a press conference after a meeting with the […]