NEW DELHI, Aug 24: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated a 2,600-bed private hospital at Faridabad in Haryana boosting up the modern medical infrastructure in the National Capital Region (NCR) and the country.
The Rs 6,000 crores super multi-speciality hospital with 2,600-beds capacity is equipped with cutting-edge technology, including a centralised fully-automated laboratory will provide state-of-the-art healthcare facilities to the people. The hospital will be managed by Mata Amritanandamayi Math. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala were among those present at the event.
Speaking on the occasion, Modi said India was a country where healthcare and spirituality are closely linked. He added that COVID-19 was a perfect example of a successful spiritual-private partnership that helped create awareness and implement the world’s largest vaccination drive.
“A combination of technology and modernisation will lead to the country’s progress in the healthcare sector,” the Prime Minister said, adding that India is endeavouring to ensure that governments and others come forward to transform the health and education sectors on a mission mode.
The state-of-the-art Amrita Hospital, built on a sprawling 130-acre campus with sustainability in mind, has a dedicated seven-storey research block and has been constructed over a period of six years with the support of Mata Amritanandamayi Math.
The new super-speciality hospital has opened with 500 beds and is expected to be fully operational in a phased manner over the next five years. Once fully operational, the hospital with 81 specialities is billed to be the largest private hospital in Delhi-NCR and the country, its officials had earlier said.
The hospital buildings will span 36 lakh sq. ft in built-up area, with a 14-floor tower housing key medical facilities. There is also a helipad on the rooftop.
The new mega hospital in Faridabad’s Sector 88, near the Delhi-Mathura road, has a built-up area of one crore sq. ft and the campus will also have a medical college. A dedicated seven-storey research block and eight centres of excellence, including on gastro-sciences, renal sciences, bone diseases and trauma, transplants, and mother and child care, are located on the campus. The hospital has patient-centric wards and OPDs and a hi-tech, fully-automated centralised laboratory.
Later the prime minister also inaugurated the ‘Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre’ at Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar District in Mohali. The Hospital has been built at a cost of over Rs. 660 Crore by Tata Memorial Centre, an aided institute under the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.
The cancer Hospital is a tertiary care hospital of 300-bed capacity and is equipped with modern facilities to treat all types of cancers using every available treatment modality like Surgery, Radiotherapy and Medical Oncology – Chemotherapy, immunotherapy and Bone marrow transplant. The Hospital will function like a ‘hub’ of cancer care and treatment in the region, with the 100 bedded hospital in Sangrur functioning as its ‘spoke.’
(Manas Dasgupta)