Work on 7 ‘Covid hospitals’ in limbo, Delhi govt’s new plan to start OPDs & labs
The hospitals are coming up at Sarita Vihar, Raghubir Nagar, Shalimar Bagh, Kirari and Sultanpuri, and in the existing premises of Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya and GTB Hospital.
Asked about the delay and the new deadline, the Delhi government spokesperson did not comment. (Representative/ Express file photo by Gajendra Yadav) The seven ‘Covid hospitals’ that the Delhi government had promised to set up within six months as the Covid-19 pandemic raged across the country in 2021, are still incomplete.
Now, as per officials in the health department, the new plan is to convert them into full-fledged hospitals with 6,834 beds in total. To create more generalised facilities in these hospitals, OPDs, operation theatres, laboratories as well as administrative blocks will be set up.
The hospitals are coming up at Sarita Vihar, Raghubir Nagar, Shalimar Bagh, Kirari and Sultanpuri, and in the existing premises of Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya and GTB Hospital.
The deadline for completion has been extended at least twice. (Express)
At five out of the seven sites, 70-80% of work is complete. These hospitals were supposed to be quicker to build as they were being made using precast building technology, which uses reusable moulds to mass produce building blocks in factories from where they are transported to the construction site for assembling.
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