RIMS gets ₹11.1 crore; paper trail gets postponed
After five infants died in the September 21 fire, Telangana has reportedly approved a repair package for RIMS Adilabad. The government order, transfer record and work schedule remain unpublished in the material reviewed.
The reported repair package has not been accompanied by publicly available implementation records.
Telangana has reportedly released ₹11.1 crore for urgent repairs and renovation at RIMS Adilabad, three days after a fire at its Special Newborn Care Unit on September 21 killed five infants, according to multiple reports. The reported package includes ₹1 crore for SNCU renovation, ₹1.5 crore for oxygen pipelines, ₹1 crore for electrical works, ₹5 crore for toilets and bathrooms, and ₹2.6 crore for pavement, compound-wall repairs and repainting.
The Health Minister also reportedly ordered fire, electrical and structural-safety audits of government hospitals within a month, followed by periodic inspections. An expert committee was said to be examining the fire’s cause and possible safety or maintenance failures. The preliminary cause was attributed to an AC unit after an electrical short circuit; the exact cause remains under investigation.
What is missing is the part usually described as implementation: no government order, sanction document, transfer record, tender, contractor, completion date or audit report was found in the public sources reviewed. Reports also say seven infants were shifted to Hyderabad, but current neonatal-unit operations could not be independently verified. The announcement has arrived. The paperwork is still somewhere in the corridor.