Updated May 14, 2021, 1:14 am IST
Admissions to the hospital were stopped, except in cases of patients with severe symptoms who might need intensive care
Tims lacks adequate staff, be it doctors, nurses, or patient care attenders, and that has been hampering services to patients. (Photo: File/PTI)
Hyderabad: Faced with a staff shortage and plagued by repeated problems with pressures in oxygen supply lines, which together have been resulting in at least three to four deaths which doctors describe as avoidable if the management of the hospital was up to scratch the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (Tims) has effectively shut the door on Covid-19 patients.