Officials from the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Food Safety department and the Drug Control department ran simultaneous inspections at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Punjagutta, Hyderabad, on Thursday. The teams moved in on the premier government hospital after allegations of corruption and irregularities surfaced, and they worked the hospital from several directions at once.

The ACB team was the largest of the three. Around 10 officials, led by Central Investigation DSP Lakshmi Kanth Reddy, went through records in the hospital’s administrative section. Their focus was the paper trail behind the allegations, not the wards.

Four food inspectors went to the NIMS canteen. Four drug inspectors went to the surgical stores. Each team had a separate brief, and each worked in parallel with the others.

Teams examined administrative records, the hospital canteen, medicines, medical equipment and records relating to their storage.

Canteen under the food safety lens

The food safety team’s job was the hospital canteen. In a hospital, the kitchen serves people who are already sick, recovering or waiting for treatment, which is why food safety checks carry weight beyond a routine visit. The inspectors were on site to examine the canteen as part of the wider probe into the alleged irregularities.

The source material does not say what the food inspectors found, whether any samples were taken, or whether any violations were recorded. Until the agencies publish findings, the canteen inspection remains an open question.

Surgical stores and the medicine trail

The drug inspectors took a different route. Their team examined medicines, medical equipment and the records that show how those items were stored. In a teaching hospital, the surgical store is where the supply chain meets patient care. What is in the store, how it is kept and what the paperwork says about it are the questions inspectors ask first.

The report does not say which medicines or equipment were checked, nor does it describe any discrepancy between stock and records. Those details will matter once the investigators put their conclusions on paper.

Administrative records and the ACB probe

The Anti-Corruption Bureau’s role is different from the food and drug inspections. The ACB team was scrutinising administrative records as part of its investigation into the alleged corruption. Administrative files usually cover purchases, approvals, contracts and staff decisions, though the source report does not specify which files the team pulled or why.

The ACB’s presence in the administrative section is the strand that turns a day of inspections into a corruption probe. Allegations of corruption at a public hospital tend to run through money and approvals, and the agency’s focus on paperwork suggests that is where it is looking.

Why this matters in Hyderabad

NIMS sits in Punjagutta, in the heart of Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana. Any allegation against a state-run hospital in the capital reaches patients, staff and families who rely on public health services. When inspectors from three departments arrive at the same institution on the same day, the question readers ask is simple: what did they find, and who is accountable.

For Telangana, the story is about trust in public institutions. A hospital that treats large numbers of people depends on clean stores, safe food and honest administration. The inspections put all three under the microscope at once.

What the report does not say

The source report is clear about what happened on Thursday. It is silent on several points that readers will want answered. It does not list specific allegations in detail. It does not disclose any findings from the canteen, the stores or the administrative files. It does not mention arrests, suspensions or formal charges. It does not include a response from NIMS management.

Those gaps matter. Inspections are the start of a process, not the end of one. Allegations are not findings, and the agencies have not yet said what they uncovered.

What comes next

The next thing to watch is whether the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Food Safety department and the Drug Control department release findings. Readers should also watch for a response from NIMS, which the report does not include, and for any move that follows from the administrative records the ACB collected.

For now, the facts are narrow but serious. Three agencies inspected one of the most visible public hospitals in Hyderabad on the same day, over allegations of corruption and irregularities, and they went straight to the canteen, the medicine stores and the paperwork. The rest of the story depends on what those inspections turned up.