Following this, PM Modi will also travel to Mohali to inaugurate ‘Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre’ at Mullanpur in New Chandigarh.
All you need to know about Amrita Hospital
1) It is a 2,600-bed private hospital that is equipped with cutting-edge technology, including a centralized fully-automated laboratory, in what will be a major boost to healthcare infrastructure in the National Capital Region (NCR).
2) 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 under the auspices of the Mata Amritanandmayi Math.
3) The new super-speciality hospital has opened initially with 500 beds and is expected to be fully operational in a phased manner over the next five years.
4) Once fully operational, the hospital with 81 specialties is billed to be the largest private hospital in Delhi-NCR and the country, its officials had earlier said.
5) 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.
6) 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.
7) 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.
8) The hospital has patient-centric wards and OPDs and a hi-tech, fully-automated centralized laboratory.
9) 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.
10) The hospital will function as the ‘hub’ of cancer care and treatment in the region, with the 100-bed hospital in Sangrur functioning like its ‘spoke’.
(With PTI inputs)
