Overview
- Health Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha issued statewide hospital directives after a review in Jubilee Hills, citing likely power cuts from summer storms and heavy demand.
- The orders require generators to start automatically during outages with inspections, repairs and regular maintenance to keep backup power reliable.
- Hospitals must deploy trained heatstroke teams and keep oral rehydration salts and other essential medicines ready, and officials said many supplies and teams are already in place.
- Facilities were told to improve cooling and airflow, install drinking-water points on every floor, and create shaded rest areas for patients and staff.
- Fire-safety steps include checking power cables, replacing old wiring, running mock drills, and training staff to use fire extinguishers.