Osmania General Hospital is one of the oldest hospitals in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 located at Afzal Gunj

Afzal Gunj

Afzal Gunj is one of the old suburbs in Hyderabad, close to river Musi. Afzal Gunj is the hub of local transportation due to the presence of Central Bus Station in the region. The bus station provides services to most of the parts in the city....

, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. It was built during the time of the Last Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, and is named after him.

It is run by the Government of Andhra Pradesh

Government of Andhra Pradesh

Government of Andhra Pradesh is the government for the state of Andhra Pradesh in South India.It is an elected government with 294 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5 year term.-Executive:...

, and is one of the biggest in the state.

Infrastructure

The hospital has a bed capacity of 1,168 which is split into 363 super-speciality beds, 160 emergency beds and 685 general beds. It has 250 physicians of which 60 are professors and 190 are civil assistant surgeons. More than 530 nursing staff serve this hospital. .