Only patients with prior tie-up can enter Telangana

HYDERABAD: Patients coming to Telangana for Covid-19 treatment will now require prior tie-up with a local hospital in order to enter the state.
It had been brought to the notice of the state government that several patients from different states were being brought to Telangana in ambulances or private vehicles for admission in its hospitals.
Following this, the government asked all hospitals to apply in a prescribed format to the control room, and furnish basic details such as name of patient and attendant, age, state, contact and type of treatment required.
“On receipt of the proposal from the hospital, control room will issue authorisation to travel, based on which the patient can come to Telangana for hospitalisation,” read a memo issued by chief secretary Somesh Kumar. The memo comes in light of a recent incident wherein few ambulances ferrying patients from AP were restricted from entering Telangana. The high court on May 11 directed police not to prevent entry of such vehicles.