Hyderabad’s Osmania General Hospital is strengthening gender-affirming surgical care for transgender people

Hyderabad’s Osmania General Hospital has set up a specialized gender confirmation surgery service in the government health sector in Telangana, marking a move to improve access to specialized healthcare for transgender people. | Photo credit: Special arrangement

The Osmania General Hospital (OGH) in Hyderabad has set up a specialized gender confirmation surgery service in the government health sector in Telangana, marking a move to improve access to specialized healthcare for transgender people.

The Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has implemented the service through a multidisciplinary team of specialists in plastic surgery, anesthesiology, endocrinology, urology, gynecology and psychiatry, nursing staff and other healthcare professionals. The initiative was developed over the past eight months, the doctors said.

The team has successfully performed several procedures on transgender people, including frontal bossing reduction, autologous fat grafting for breast augmentation, breast augmentation with implants, penile inversion vaginoplasty, and nipple-areola complex-sparing bilateral mastectomy. Breast implants were also facilitated through letters of credit under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF).

The initiative aims to provide safe, accessible and affordable gender-affirming surgical care within the public health care system, particularly for individuals who face financial and logistical barriers to accessing specialized procedures.

The service follows a multidisciplinary approach with an emphasis on patient assessment, individual surgical planning, perioperative care and postoperative follow-up. The hospital also received support from the Queer Badhu Parents Association, whose president Mukunda Mala helped facilitate the renovation of a three-bed ward for transgender patients recovering from surgery, said Dr. P. Lakshmi, Professor and Head of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

The hospital plans to expand the range of gender-affirming procedures offered and further strengthen the multidisciplinary program. The initiative is expected to help more transgender people access specialized surgical care through the government’s healthcare system, while promoting inclusive, dignified and comprehensive healthcare.

Published – 25 Oct 2026 20:56 IST