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Delhi to build 250-bed trauma block at Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital by 2028
The Delhi Cabinet has approved a 250-bed super-speciality and trauma block at GTB Hospital under PMSSY. The project aims to ease East Delhi's patient burden and strengthen emergency care for serious accidents.
The Delhi government will build a 250-bed super-speciality and trauma block at Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Wednesday. The decision was taken at a Delhi Cabinet meeting chaired by Gupta on Tuesday.
Estimated to cost Rs 244.87 crore, the new facility is expected to be ready by 2028, according to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office. The seven-storey building will have 77 critical-care beds, nine modern operation theatres and 48 outpatient department rooms, bringing emergency, diagnostic and surgical services under one roof for critical accident cases.
The new block will be built within the existing GTB Hospital campus in Dilshad Garden, which means no additional land will be needed. It is being taken up under Phase IV of the PMSSY, a central government scheme for developing modern medical facilities in government hospitals, with the Centre and the state sharing the project cost.
"GTB Hospital is the only major government hospital in East Delhi and continues to face a heavy patient load. Almost all its beds remain occupied. In view of this, there was a need to expand modern trauma facilities for accident victims and critical emergency cases," Gupta said.
Spread over around 22,550 square metres, the trauma block will have a basement, ground floor and six upper floors. The basement will house a blood bank and laboratory, while the ground floor will have a 24x7 emergency department and diagnostic services such as CT scan, MRI and X-ray. The second floor will have a 72-bed ICU, the fourth and fifth floors will have 175 general and private ward beds, and the sixth floor will house offices, classrooms and a laboratory for training doctors.
Of the 250 beds, 20 will be for emergency care, five for the burns ICU, 70 for ICU care, four for isolation, 22 for pre- and post-surgery care, 102 for general wards and 25 private rooms. The facility will offer specialist services including neurology, orthopaedics, dermatology and dental care. Gupta said all key services, from emergency care and diagnostics to intensive care and surgery, would be brought together in an integrated manner, while a committee of senior central and Delhi government officials would review the construction progress every three months.
Once completed, the new block is expected to expand GTB Hospital's capacity to handle serious accident and emergency cases and strengthen trauma care in East Delhi.
