New govt hospital to come up in Delhi's Shalimar Bagh

New Delhi, Oct 17 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday laid foundation stone of a 1,430-bed government hospital in Shalimar Bagh, and said facility will be rey in next six months.

dressing a garing at hospital construction site in Shalimar Bagh, Kejriwal said city h witnessed a dearth of hospital beds, ICU beds and medical oxygen during second wave of coronavirus pandemic.

“As a responsible government, we are taking all important steps for third wave. Today, I have laid foundation stone of a new 1,430 bed government hospital here (Shalimar Bagh). All se 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 government is constructing seven new hospitals (including Shalimar Bagh) with a total capacity of 6,800 beds in city, which will give a boost to health infrastructure and medical facilities in Delhi.

“It will be a world record when Delhi government will build seven new government hospitals with a capacity of 6,800 beds in next six months,” Kejriwal said later in a statement.

“Because people chose an honest government, it costs only Rs 20 lakh to build an ICU bed, whereas earlier even a rmal 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 ceremony along with health and PWD officials.

CM also said government will develop and implement an international standard system for medical care and facilities.

government will implement Health Information Manment System (HIMS) which will help in providing world class medical facilities, he said.

"We will implement HIMS and I don't think any country in 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, 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.

Chief Minister's Office also tweeted, “ foundation stone of ar state-of--art government hospital in Delhi was laid by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Shalimar Bagh Hospital will have 1,430 ICU beds. Its estimated cost is around Rs 275 crore. Apart from ground floor, it will have two storeys with two OT complexes.” Kejriwal, in a statement, said that before formation of AAP government, if a state-run hospital of 100 beds h to be built n cost of 100 rmal beds used to come at rate of Rs 1 crore per bed.

“This was before 2015, when our government was t formed. At same time, total cost of this hospital being built is Rs 275 crore, in which 1,430 beds are being me. This hospital is costing Rs 20 lakh per bed and that too with ICU beds,” Kejriwal ded.

Health Minister Jain also tweeted, "Delhi government is going to build ar state-of--art hospital for people of Delhi. Its foundation was laid by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Shalimar Bagh today. construction work of this hospital with a capacity of 1,430 beds will be completed in next 6 months.” During event, a 'havan yagya' was also performed and Kejriwal along with Jain participated in ritual according to tritions and unveiled a commemorative stone plaque. PTI AKM HDA