Overview
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced a state-run Health City to be built inside the planned Bharat Future City during the launch of a new Apollo facility in Hyderabad’s Financial District.
- The state asked the central government to permit direct flights from West Asia for people traveling to Hyderabad for medical treatment.
- Officials said they are talking with the Airports Authority of India about a dedicated airport “green channel” at Shamshabad to speed patients from arrivals to hospitals.
- Apollo Hospitals opened a 400-bed campus in the Financial District, adding to the group’s network and expanding specialty care capacity in the city.
- Most steps beyond the hospital opening remain proposals that need central and airport approvals before any new routes or patient-transfer lanes begin.