New Delhi: No more private beds in government hospitals

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Additionally the government is making a move towards expansion of healthcare facilities in the capital, by increasing the number of beds to 20,000 and creating new blocks at the “unused land” of hospitals to sustain the increased number of beds.

“New blocks will be constructed at Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hospital, Ambedkar Hospital, Rao Tula Ram Memorial Hospital, Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital. At Lok Nayak hospital, the emergency ward has only 18 beds. We plan to increase it to 50 and add more beds in its different emergency wards. There is a design flaw common to all government hospitals as focus is more on creating more space for offices and labs while the patient area is adjusted," the health minister told

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The government is also planning to set-up 150 policlinics with dedicated diagnostic facilities like  x-ray, ECG and ultrasound, 20 of which will be inaugurated on Sunday. These polyclinics will be manned by existing staff of the government hospitals in shift basis

One the issue of upcoming government hospitals in the capital, the government pointed out it is yet to receive the promised land form DDA to create 11 government hospitals. The health minister is currently trying to work out solution of making the hospitals at Janakpuri and Tahirpur functional.