To tackle patient load, Delhi Cabinet nod for 250-bed trauma block at GTB hospital

The Delhi Cabinet recently approved plans to construct a 250-bed trauma and super-speciality block at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital in Dilshad Garden, East Delhi, according to officials. The project, part of the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), will be built within the existing hospital campus, eliminating the need for additional land acquisition.

At a cost of Rs 244.87 crore, the block will be completed by 2028 under Phase-IV of the PMSSY, shared equally between central and state governments. As the sole major government hospital in East Delhi, GTB consistently faces heavy patient loads, with most of its beds occupied by patients. The new block will provide round-the-clock emergency and trauma care, specialist treatment, diagnostics, surgery, and intensive care under one roof.

The seven-story building will span 22,550 square meters and feature 250 beds, including a 72-bed ICU, 48 specialist OPD rooms, nine operation theatres, and various specialized care units. Emergency care will occupy 20 beds, the Burns ICU will have 48 beds, ICU care will have 70 beds, isolation will have 4, pre- and post-surgery care will have 22, general wards will have 102, private rooms will have 25, and the basement will house a blood bank and laboratory.

The ground floor will have an emergency department with CT scan, MRI, and X-ray facilities, while the fourth and fifth floors will accommodate general and private ward beds, and the sixth floor will house offices, classrooms, and a training laboratory. A committee of senior officials from both central and Delhi governments will oversee the project, meeting every three months to review progress.