Dr Polasa Ram Kiran is the state IMA vice president
KARIMNAGAR, OCTOBER 26, 2026: Dr Channadi Jagan Mohan Rao, senior ophthalmologist practising in Karimnagar, has been elected as the president-elect of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Telangana state chapter (2027-28) in the elections conducted at the IMA hall in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Dr Jagan Mohan Rao secured 326 votes out of a total of 400 votes polled in the elections and won with a thunderous majority. Dr Polasa Ram Kiran, a prominent radiologist in Karimnagar, has been elected unanimously as the State IMA vice president. Senior doctors Dr K Shyam Sunder, Dr K Rajeshwara, Dr MLN Reddy, Dr Md Aleem, D Venkata Reddy, Dr Akula Shailaja were elected for other executive posts in the state IMA committee.
On this occasion, Dr Ch Jagan Mohan Rao and Dr Polasa Ram Kiran said that they are committed to the welfare of the medical fraternity and also to strengthening the IMA, along with conducting the awareness in public about health, hospitals, as well as the doctor patient relationship and the trust in health care system to avoid misinterpretations and ethical practice.
Stating that the present highly qualified medical faculty are facing problems in establishing affordable, independent small nursing homes and diagnostic centres compared to their corporate counterparts, they said that the service provided by such small establishments is a boon to the poor and middle-class people who cannot afford the corporate fees. Saving such hospitals will be the first priority among all problems, they stated and added that they would take all measures to protect the medical practitioners from the rising violence against medical professionals and hospitals.
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