New govt hospital to come up in Delhis Shalimar Bagh
New Delhi Oct 17 PTI Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a 1430-bed government hospital in Shalimar Bagh and said the facility will be ready in the next six months Addressing a gathering at the hospital construction site in Shalimar Bagh Kejriwal said the city had witnessed a dearth of hospital beds ICU beds and medical oxygen during the second wave of coronavirus pandemic As a responsible government we are taking all important steps for the third wave Today I have laid the foundation stone of a new 1430 bed government hospital here Shalimar Bagh All these beds will be ICU beds and every bed will be equipped with oxygen supply This hospital will be completed within six months Kejriwal said He said the government is constructing seven new hospitals including Shalimar Bagh with a total capacity of 6800 beds in the city which will give a boost to health infrastructure and medical facilities in Delhi It will be a world record when the Delhi government will build seven new government hospitals with a capacity of 6800 beds in the next six months Kejriwal said later in a statement Because the people chose an honest government it costs only Rs 20 lakh to build an ICU bed whereas earlier even a normal bed would cost Rs 1 crore he said Delhi Heath and Public Works Department Minister Satyendar Jain and Shalimar Bagh MLA Bandana Kumari were also present in the ceremony along with health and PWD officials The CM also said the government will develop and implement an international standard system for medical care and facilities The government will implement the Health Information Management System HIMS which will help in providing world class medical facilities he said We will implement HIMS and I dont think any country in the world has such a system yet We will also distribute health cards to citizens People with health cards will get free treatment at hospitals Kejriwal said Through HIMS the government will have all medical related data of citizens and people will be able to book online appointments with doctors at government hospitals It will end queues for people at hospitals The Chief Ministers Office also tweeted The foundation stone of another state-of-the-art government hospital in Delhi was laid by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Shalimar Bagh Hospital will have 1430 ICU beds Its estimated cost is around Rs 275 crore Apart from the ground floor it will have two storeys with two OT complexes Kejriwal in a statement said that before the formation of AAP government if a state-run hospital of 100 beds had to be built then the cost of 100 normal beds used to come at the rate of Rs 1 crore per bed This was before 2015 when our government was not formed At the same time the total cost of this hospital being built is Rs 275 crore in which 1430 beds are being made This hospital is costing Rs 20 lakh per bed and that too with ICU beds Kejriwal added Health Minister Jain also tweeted Delhi government is going to build another state-of-the-art hospital for the people of Delhi Its foundation was laid by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Shalimar Bagh today The construction work of this hospital with a capacity of 1430 beds will be completed in the next 6 months During the event a havan yagya was also performed and Kejriwal along with Jain participated in the ritual according to traditions and unveiled a commemorative stone plaque PTI AKM HDA
New Delhi Oct 17 PTI Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a 1430-bed government hospital in Shalimar Bagh and said the facility will be ready in the next six months Addressing a gathering at the hospital construction site in Shalimar Bagh Kejriwal said the city had witnessed a dearth of hospital beds ICU beds and medical oxygen during the second wave of coronavirus pandemic As a responsible government we are taking all important steps for the third wave Today I have laid the foundation stone of a new 1430 bed government hospital here Shalimar Bagh All these beds will be ICU beds and every bed will be equipped with oxygen supply This hospital will be completed within six months Kejriwal said He said the government is constructing seven new hospitals including Shalimar Bagh with a total capacity of 6800 beds in the city which will give a boost to health infrastructure and medical facilities in Delhi It will be a world record when the Delhi government will build seven new government hospitals with a capacity of 6800 beds in the next six months Kejriwal said later in a statement Because the people chose an honest government it costs only Rs 20 lakh to build an ICU bed whereas earlier even a normal bed would cost Rs 1 crore he said Delhi Heath and Public Works Department Minister Satyendar Jain and Shalimar Bagh MLA Bandana Kumari were also present in the ceremony along with health and PWD officials The CM also said the government will develop and implement an international standard system for medical care and facilities The government will implement the Health Information Management System HIMS which will help in providing world class medical facilities he said We will implement HIMS and I dont think any country in the world has such a system yet We will also distribute health cards to citizens People with health cards will get free treatment at hospitals Kejriwal said Through HIMS the government will have all medical related data of citizens and people will be able to book online appointments with doctors at government hospitals It will end queues for people at hospitals The Chief Ministers Office also tweeted The foundation stone of another state-of-the-art government hospital in Delhi was laid by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Shalimar Bagh Hospital will have 1430 ICU beds Its estimated cost is around Rs 275 crore Apart from the ground floor it will have two storeys with two OT complexes Kejriwal in a statement said that before the formation of AAP government if a state-run hospital of 100 beds had to be built then the cost of 100 normal beds used to come at the rate of Rs 1 crore per bed This was before 2015 when our government was not formed At the same time the total cost of this hospital being built is Rs 275 crore in which 1430 beds are being made This hospital is costing Rs 20 lakh per bed and that too with ICU beds Kejriwal added Health Minister Jain also tweeted Delhi government is going to build another state-of-the-art hospital for the people of Delhi Its foundation was laid by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Shalimar Bagh today The construction work of this hospital with a capacity of 1430 beds will be completed in the next 6 months During the event a havan yagya was also performed and Kejriwal along with Jain participated in the ritual according to traditions and unveiled a commemorative stone plaque PTI AKM HDA
