Osmania General Hospital (OGH) is one of the oldest hospitals in India located at Afzal Gunj, Hyderabad, and is named after its founder, Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad. It is run by the Government of Telangana and is one of the largest in the state.
The Afzal Gunj Hospital, the predecessor of the Osmania General Hospital, was established in 1866 by Salar Jung I.
The present hospital building was completed in 1919 on orders of the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It was designed by British architect Vincent Jerome Esch and Nawab Khan Bahadur Mirza Akbar Baig in Indo-Saracenic style. In 1926, the wards of the Afzal Gunj hospital were transferred to the new building.
The hospital building, a heritage structure is in dire need of repairs and renovation.
In 2015, the Chief Minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekhar Rao announced a plan to demolish the building. This sparked outrage among heritage activists, and he immediately retracted the statement.
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