The Marri Chenna Reddy Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (MCR TIMS), Sanathnagar, is set to be inaugurated by Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on August 17, with the 1,000-bed hospital finally moving towards full-scale operations after months of delay. Speaking to The Hindu ahead of the inauguration, MCR TIMS Sanathnagar director A. Narendra Kumar said Health Minister C. Damodar Raja Narasimha and senior officials would attend the event. The Telangana government renamed the institute after former Chief Minister Marri Chenna Reddy on July 31. The ₹1,070-crore project received administrative sanction on April 21, 2022, followed by the foundation stone ceremony five days later. The hospital comprises four blocks designed to accommodate emergency care, advanced diagnostics, surgery, critical care, outpatient services and academic and administrative facilities.