NEW DELHI: Doctors at the state-run Osmania general hospital in Hyderabad wore helmets to work on Saturday as a sign of protest against poor condition of the hospital infrastructure.Along with the doctors, nurses and other staff members also wore helmets while taking care of the patients and carrying out their everyday duties. The protest intended to bring authorities' attention towards the dilapidated state of the government-run hospital.The staff had earlier conducted out-patients checkup under trees to show protest.The organisers of the protest said that the pieces of ceiling had been falling down on people and demanded construction of a new building."Pieces of the ceiling fell on patients, doctors and other staff. We demand Telangana government to immediately construct a new building and provide safe environment to doctors and patients, " said Dr Panda, chairman of Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OUJAC).Poor infrastructure facilities at state-run hospitals continue to be a problem despite India's largest health policy, National Health Mission (NHM) that provides financial support to states to strengthen the public health system including upgradation of existing or construction of new infrastructure. Under NHM high focus states can spend up to 33% and other states upto 25% of their NHM funds on infrastructure.