New Delhi, Oct 17 (Bureau) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a 1,430 bedded government hospital in the Shalimar Bagh area. Being constructed at a cost of Rs 275 crores, the hospital will have an ICU facility on each bed and would be ready by the next 6 months, the office of Chief Minister said. While unveiling the hospital at Shalimar Bagh, Kejriwal said the Delhi government will build another six hospitals in the next six months. “As a responsible government, we are taking all important steps needed to fight the next wave. Just in the month of April, when the second wave of Corona came, the hospitals had the biggest shortage of oxygen and ICU beds. In this view, the Delhi government has taken a big step. The Delhi government is going to build seven new hospitals in different areas of Delhi, which will have a total capacity of 6,800 beds, and all these seven hospitals will be ready within six months,” he added.
The Delhi CM also said that it will be a world record when the Delhi government will build seven new government hospitals with 6800 beds capacity within the next six months. Health Minister Satyendar Jain also shared about the foundation ceremony of the hospital via tweet. “Delhi government is going to build another state-of-the-art hospital for the people of Delhi. Its foundation was laid by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Shalimar Bagh today. The construction work of this hospital with a capacity of 1,430 beds will be completed in the next 6 months,” he posted on Twitter.