The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the Phase-I of redevelopment of Safdarjung Hospital with an estimated cost of Rs. 1,332 crore inclusive of Rs.165 crore towards expenses on operations for the first one year. The approval for Phase-I of the redevelopment of Safdarjung Hospital comprises the establishment of two separate building blocks having a 807 bed Super Specialty cum Paid Ward block and a 500 bed Emergency block, with both blocks having Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds.
The Super Specialty cum Paid Ward block will cater only to cardio vascular thoracic science, cardiology, cardiac surgery, endocrinology, neurosurgery, nephrology, neurology etc. This block will have its own diagnostic and investigation facilities, some of which are proposed to be provided through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
The Emergency block will cater primarily to orthopedics, neurosurgery and general surgery. It will also cater to emergency cases. It is proposed that diagnostic and investigation facilities will be provided by the hospital directly.
The estimated implementation time of the project is 47 months from zero date, inclusive of 12 months of commissioning, operationalization and stabilization phase.
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