The Union Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for construction and operationalisation of 100 bedded General Hospital at Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC), Najafgarh, New Delhi at an estimated cost of about Rs  95 Crore.

 Addressing the media here, law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the hospital would come up in the Najafgarh area of west Delhi. “There are about 73 villages around Najafgarh which has a population of 13.65 lakh, but there is no good hospital around.”

This hospital will have departments of medicine, gynaecology, and paediatric surgery and a blood bank, among other facilities, the minister said.

The Project envisages setting up of the 100 bedded hospital in Najafgarh in two years to cater to the local population of 13.65 lakh spread across 73 villages.

 The hospital will include four major clinical services in Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Surgery, including a blood bank, diagnostic services and separate Out Patient Departments (OPD) for General Medicine, Surgery, Dental, ENT, Ophthalmology, audiometry and paediatric care through a staff of more than 30 doctors and 40 nurses, apart from 50 Allied and Healthcare staff.

 This hospital will address a long-standing healthcare access issue for the local population, especially for the vulnerable sections including women and children. It will provide child and maternal services, trauma care and basic primary diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive and curative services in the area.

 The hospital is expected to be fully operational by May 2020 along with all departments and requisite human resources.