GTB Hospital to get maternity,paediatrics block after 10 years

Nearly a decade after its conception,and eight successive years of announcement in the Delhi governments budget speeches,the maternity and paediatrics block of GTB Hospital will finally be inaugurated this month.

Nearly a decade after its conception,and eight successive years of announcement in the Delhi governments budget speeches,the maternity and paediatrics block of GTB Hospital will finally be inaugurated this month. According to sources in the Delhi Health department October 12 has been fixed as the tentative date of inauguration of this mega project.

The eight floor,500 bed facility will be the largest centre for women and child health in any government hospital in Delhi. However,to begin with only the top four floors in the building dedicated for gynaecology are to be inaugurated this month.

According to Dr. Rajpal,medical superintendent of GTB Hospital,This centre will provide advanced gynaecology services to poor patients. We have sent a proposal to the government,start an IVF facility in this building. We have kept one floor dedicated for this future project.

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With only 130 beds available in the existing gynaecology ward at the hospital,this facility is expected to uplift the facilities for womens health in East and Northeast Delhi.

GTB hospital is the only tertiary care centre in Northeast Delhi,and caters to a large population in the Capital,besides patients from Ghaziabad and other parts of Uttar Pradesh. Patients have to share beds in the gynecology ward,simply because Government hospitals cannot refuse any patients, an official from the Health department said.

The facility is also the first hospital building in Delhi to be built with a highly advanced base isolation technology,for protection against earthquakes. Besides the regular gynaecology operation theatres,the facility is equipped with five modular operation theatres and ICUs.

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GTB Hospital to get maternity,paediatrics block after 10 years

Nearly a decade after its conception,and eight successive years of announcement in the Delhi governments budget speeches,the maternity and paediatrics block of GTB Hospital will finally be inaugurated this month.

Nearly a decade after its conception,and eight successive years of announcement in the Delhi governments budget speeches,the maternity and paediatrics block of GTB Hospital will finally be inaugurated this month.