Institute to open 250-bed hospital

The focus would be to provide quality care to cancer patients at the new block as 100 beds out of the total 250 beds would be kept exclusively for the cancer patients.

The addition of the new block will be the first addition of general beds block after the Nehru Hospital,which was built over four decades ago and now is saturated with the capacity of having nearly 1,300 beds.

The addition of the new block is a part of the PGI’s expansion plan,which also includes the completion of the Advanced Trauma Centre.

“The entire bed strength of the hospital is around 1,600 beds which includes beds in the specialty blocks like the Advanced Eye Centre,Advanced Cardiac Centre and the Advanced Paediatric Centre. Going by the patient rush,the addition of the new block would strength the PGI’s patient care index,” added an official. The construction of the new block might begin by end of the current year or in the first quarter of next year.

As far as the statistics coming out from the hospital,the premier referral hospital appears to be barely meeting the requirements of those thronging its premises. As per the official statistics at the hospital there are around 60,000 annual admissions in its wards and almost a 100 percent bed occupancy ratio.

Meanwhile,along with the beds for general patients,the hospital is also contemplating to add more private wards in the hospital’s new block.