Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia on Wednesday reviewed the progress of 11 new hospitals in the national Capital.
Addressing the media, Sisodia said that these upcoming hospitals will add more than 10,000 beds in the healthcare infrastructure of the city.
He reviewed the progress of construction works of hospitals being built at Siraspur, Jwalapuri, Madipur, Hastsal (Vikaspuri) as well as seven new semi-permanent ICU hospitals with a capacity of 6,838 ICU beds.
During the meeting, the officials informed Sisodia that the construction work of all these hospitals will be completed by the end of next year. To ensure the completion of projects on time the on-site inspection of the hospitals are being conducted every 15 days.
Sisodia said that these 11 new hospitals will give a boost to the health infrastructure of Delhi and lakhs of Delhiites will be able to take advantage of it.
Sisodia also directed that all these construction works should be completed on time and all quality standards should be ensured by the concerned PWD engineers and officials here.
He said that the aim of the Kejriwal Government is to provide better health facilities to all Delhi residents, in this direction the new hospitals being built by the government in Delhi will prove to be a milestone.