Lok Nayak eyes new high with a 22-storey centre.

Lok Nayak Hospital, one of the capital’s largest healthcare facilities run by Delhi government, is all set to attain new heights. It will be getting a 22-storey-high medicine, maternity and advanced paediatric centre. It will also be one of the city’s tallest hospital buildings.

“To improve healthcare facilities in the city, Delhi government has planned to upgrade many major hospitals run by it. The medicine, maternity and advanced paediatric centre is a part of this exercise,” said a Delhi government official. “The centre will be one of the best in the country. Though work had halted due to the Covid-19 outbreak, construction is expected to start in September,” he added.

Currently functioning as a dedicated Covid-19 hospital with 2,000 beds, it is arguably the biggest such facility in the country catering to not only patients from the nearby Walled City and central Delhi areas, but also from neighbouring states like Uttar Pradesh. The new centre would add 1,570 beds to the hospital’s current capacity.

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