600-bed facility coming up at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalay in Delhi
The new building with 600 beds will allow for huge expansion. Out of these, 50-60 beds will be reserved for ICU and another 50-60 for NICU.;
New Delhi: The dedicated Government Children's hospital, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalay (CNBC) is soon going to expand with the construction of a new block with 600 bedded facility.
Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya has been developed as a state-of-the-art super speciality pediatric hospital with a bed strength of 221 to provide comprehensive medical care for all pediatric-related medical and surgical illnesses under one roof. It is located at Geeta Colony, Delhi in an area of 1.6 hectares.
The new block was earlier allocated as a COVID-19 hospital but there was no admission of infected patients which has led to the conclusion of expanding the hospital. It is expected to be operational by the year-end.
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The hospital departments include anaesthesia, biochemistry, clinical microbiology and infectious disease, clinical psychology, dietetics, occupational therapy, pathology, dental, dermatology, ENT, pediatric medicine, orthopaedics, pediatric surgery, physiotherapy, radiology, gastroenterology, neurotology, nephrology with pediatric dialysis and neurology. It has a footfall of around sees 1,600-1,700 children daily in the OPD and 200-300 in an emergency.
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