Healthcare – Infrastructure

As of 2019, the vision was to increase the capacity of each Delhi Govt Hospitals to a minimum of 600 beds. 15 hospitals were planned to undergo renovations and construction of new blocks to ensure the same.

(Source: Pg. 53, DDC Performance Report, 2015-2019)

New Hospitals built and under construction

Status of major Hospitals being constructed by AAP Delhi Government – Around 12 Hospitals are being constructed or under planning stage. A list of eight major projects showing details of number of beds, date of approval by Competent Authority, project costs, etc.

There are 8 new hospitals that have been built or are being built by the AAP govt in Delhi.

LIST OF HOSPITALS WHICH ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

(Source: Economic Survey of Delhi 2020-21 Health and Family Welfare, Pg. 315)

Sl. No.	Name of Hospital	Details of ongoing project
1	600 bedded Hospital At Ambedkar Nagar	– Earlier Plan of 200 bedded Hospital. Revised Plan : Enhancement of bed strength to 600 beds under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of NHM.   – NBCC awarded construction works: Date of Start : 30.12.2013.   – Total cost – 180.95 Cr (600 beds Hospital) i.e. 125.90 Crores (200 beds) 55.09 Crore (enhanced 400 beds) has been approved vide cabinet decision no.2434 dated 22.10.2016   – The Medical Director of Ambedkar Nagar Hospital has been appointed by the Hon’ble LG of Delhi.   – The Hospital has already been started for COVID patients as per decision taken by Council of Ministers vide Cabinet decision no.2850 Dated 15/07/2020.
2	1725 bedded Indira Gandhi Hospital & Medical College Sector-9 & Sector – 17 at Dwarka	– Original Plan of 700 bedded hospital – Date of Start : 27.08.2014   – Total cost – 566.55 Crore (700 bedded hospital) has been approved vide Cabinet Decision no. 2025 dated 06/06/2013.   – Present Progress: 87%.   – Revised Plan to enhance bed capacity to 1725 beds (1241 beds in phase-I & 484 beds in phase – II).  Medical Director for said project has already been appointed.
3	768 bedded Hospital At Burari	– Earlier Plan of 200 bedded Hospital.  – Construction started on 07.02.2013.   – Revised Plan: Enhancement of bed strength to 768 beds.   – Revised PE amounting to 265.80 Cr. For enhancement of bed strength (768 beds) has been approved vide Cabinet Decision No: 2582 dated 22/05/2018.   – The Medical Director for Burari Hospital has been appointed by Hon’ble LG of Delhi.   – The Hospital has already been started for COVID patients as per decision taken by Council of Ministers vide Cabinet decision no.2844 Dated 26/06/2020
4	691 bedded Hospital At Madipur	– Earlier Plan of 200 bedded hospital.   – Proposed bed strength has been increased from 200 to 600 beds.   – Consultancy work was awarded to M/s Arcop Associates Pvt. Ltd. on 08.11.2018.  The Preliminary estimate has been approved by EFC for 691 beds on 18/11/2019 for construction of hospital.   – Tender were invited on 11/02/2019 by PWD. – Technical bid were opened on 05/02/2020 and approved by competent authority. Financial bids were opened on 25/02/2020. The work will be awarded after approval of plans from SDMC.
5	2716 bedded Hospital & Trauma Centre at Siraspur	– Earlier Plan of 200 bedded Hospital.   – Proposed bed strength has been increased from 200 to 1500 beds along with construction of Medical College. The scheme comprised of a 2716 bedded hospital has to be established in two phases. In phase-I, 1164 bed hospital building (Block A-1164 beds + Block B – 1552 beds). In Phase-I, 1164 bedded hospital is being constructed.   – WD has appointed M/s Design Associates Inc. for Consultancy Services for Comprehensive Planning & Designing.   – The Preliminary Estimate amounting to 487.54 Crore has been approved by EFC on 10/12/2019 for construction of 1164 bedded new hospital work at Siraspur.
6	300 bedded Hospital at Sarita Vihar	– Earlier Plan of 100 bedded Hospital.   – Proposed bed strength has been increased from 100 to 300 beds.   – The PE for providing consultancy services for Comprehensive planning & designing of construction of hospital building at Sarita Vihar (300 beds) has been approved by competent and conveyed to PWD on 08/03/2018.   – Consultancy work was awarded to M/s Arcop Associates Pvt. Ltd. on 08.11.2018.
7	691 bedded Hospital at Vikaspuri (Hastsal)	– Earlier Plan of 200 bedded Hospital.   – The bed strength of the hospital project has been upgraded to 600 from 200 bedded hospital by the Hon’ble Health Minister, GNCTD.   – The Preliminary Estimate has been approved by EFC for 691 beds on 18/11/2019 for construction of hospital.   – Tender were invited on 12/12/2019 by PWD. Technical bid were opened on 05/02/2020 and approved by competent authority. Financial bids were opened on 26/02/2020. The work will be awarded after approval of plans from SDMC
8	691 bedded Hospital at Jwalapuri (Nangloi)	– Earlier Plan of 200 bedded Hospital.   – The bed strength of the hospital project has been upgraded to 500 from 200 bedded hospital by the Hon’ble Health Minister, GNCTD.   – Consultancy work was awarded to M/s Arcop Associated Pvt. Ltd. on 08/11/2018.   – The Preliminary Estimate has been approved by EFC for 691 beds on 18/11/2019 for construction of hospital.   – Tender were invited & Processed by PWD. Tender was accepted by competent authority and award letter issued on 14/08/2020.

These 8 hospitals will together increase the hospital beds in Delhi govt hospitals by 8182.

Note: The 1st 3 hospitals in the above table are ready and operational as of Jan 2022:

(Source: The Indian Express – The Indian Express ; Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

(Source: Tweet by AamAadmiParty )

(Source: Health.EconomicTimes)

(Source: Tweet by AAPReport)

Remodelling / Expansion of existing Hospitals to increase number of beds

The status of 15 major projects of remodeling considered by Expenditure Finance Committee is as follows:

STATUS OF HOSPITALS TO BE RE-MODELED / EXPANDED

(Source: Economic Survey of Delhi 2020-21 Health and Family Welfare, Pg. 317)

Sl. No	Name of Hospital	P.E./Cost ( in Crore)	Bed in existence	Proposed new beds	Total beds after remodeling / expansion	Approved by
1	LN Hospital (New Block)	533.91	0	1570	1570	Cabinet
2	SRHC (Cancer & Maternity Block)	244.35	200	600	800	Cabinet
3	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar	194.91	500	463	963	Cabinet
4	JPCH	189.77	339	221	560	Cabinet
5	Bhagwan Mahavir	172.79	360	384	744	Cabinet
6	Guru Govind Singh	172.03	100	472	572	Cabinet
7	LBS – New Mother and Child Block	143.73	105	460	565	Cabinet
8	Sanjay Gandhi Memorial	117.78	300	362	662	Cabinet
9	Acharya Shree Bhikshu	94.38	100	270	370	EFC
10	RTRM	86.31	100	270	370	EFC
11	Deep Chand Bandhu	69.36	284	281	565	EFC
12	Aruna Asaf Ali	55.36	100	51	151	EFC
13	Shree Dada Dev Shishu Maitri	53.44	106	175	281	EFC
14	Lok Nayak Hosp (Causality Block)	58.71	190	194	384	EFC
15	Hedgewar Arogya Sansthan	210.24	200	350	550	EFC

From the above list, it is clear that the number of beds in these 15 hospitals would have increased from 2,984 to 9017 by the time the remodelling work is completed.

(Source: Tweet by The Patriot)

Lok Nayak Hospital, the largest medical facility under the Delhi Government, is all set to get bigger and better by 2023. 

• 22 floor medicine, maternity and advanced paediatrics centre planned.
• 1,570 beds to be added
• 200 vehicles to be accommodated in multilevel parking at the centre.

Delhi Health Minister monitoring construction

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain visited all the construction sites in Jun 2021.

<Twitter thread: By Health Minister, Satyendar Jain >