HOSPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

New 'Viharam Grih' initiative to offer rest facilities for patient attendants

The initiative will begin as a pilot project at four government hospitals, including the Lok Nayak Hospital, where the facility is expected to accommodate around 500 people at a time.

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Master plan for AIIMS redevelopment submitted for approval to Centre: Randeep Guleria

The project will include new 50 new operation theatres and over 3000 patient care beds, including 300 emergency beds in the present Institute of the campus.
AIIMS Bhopal to increase beds in all hospital departments by 10 pc

Official said they have received an approval for the construction of a 150-bed critical care unit in the institute and a Memorandum of Understanding of Rs 98 crore has also been signed for its building construction work.
What India learnt from last year's second Covid wave; how it's being put to use

Seven months on, India began the New Year with the threat of a highly transmissible, though milder, variant Omicron heralding a third Covid-19 wave.
What India learnt from last year's 2nd Covid wave; how it's being put to use

The Centre and the state governments have used the time between the two waves to ramp up health infrastructure and train personnel in operating ventilators and oxygen generation plants. The Centre had put together an administrative machinery to coordinate with states.
How improved hospital infrastructure has made total hip replacement surgery painless & easily recoverable

With the hospitals becoming better equipped to support minimally invasive techniques, post-operative problems have reduced.
Over 9 lakh patients on oxygen support across India, 1.7 lakh on ventilator: Harsh Vardhan

In his virtual address at the 25th meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to discuss the pandemic situation, the minister said that 1.34 percent of Covid caseload was in ICU, 0.39 percent of cases were on ventilators and 3.70 percent Covid patients were on oxygen support.
PSUs asked to dedicate hospital beds for Covid-19 management

The central ministries have also been advised that details of such dedicated hospital wards or blocks be provided to the public.
Delhi: Close to 6,000 patients recovered under home isolation management system

The home isolation programme was devised to take the burden off the hospital infrastructure so that the medical facilities could focus on patients with severe Covid symptoms.
Goa state hospitals to see infrastructure boom

Health minister Vishwajit Rane seems to believe the answer lies in private-public partnerships.