Hyderabad, July 22 -- The Telangana High Court has directed the Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital to immediately admit and provide free cancer treatment to a woman from Jagitial district under the 25 percent free treatment quota mandated by government orders.

The interim directions were issued by Justice NV Shravan Kumar while hearing a petition filed by Bale Bhagyamma, a resident of Malyala mandal in Jagitial district, who challenged the hospital's refusal to provide treatment under the free quota.

Appearing for the petitioner, senior advocate Gandra Mohan Rao argued that the state government had allotted 7.35 acres of land to the hospital on lease through GO Ms. No. 434 of 1989, subject to the condition that it provide free ...