Hyderabad, Sept. 23 -- The Telangana government has decided to provide an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of children who died in the fire accident at RIMS, Adilabad, Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha said on Wednesday.
The Minister said the ex-gratia would be provided as per the directions of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.
Narasimha reviewed with officials the health condition of children undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Adilabad and directed them to shift the patients to major hospitals in Hyderabad for better medical care, if necessary.
He also said construction of a 150-bed Maternal and Child Health (MCH) centre at RIMS, Adilabad, would be taken up on a war footing. The centre would be equipped with stat...