10 new govt hospitals likely in Hayana by year-end, each will have 30 beds

GURGAON: The health department plans to set up 10 hospitals across the state to improve healthcare services and ease patient load on district-level facilities. The hospitals, each with 30 beds, will be built by the end of this year.
According to health department officials, the facilities will be constructed by HSVP and will function under the supervision of community health centres in the area.The plots will be identified and construction will start soon, they said.

“This year, we will set up 10 hospitals with 30 beds each across Haryana. The hospitals will provide subsidised primary care, which includes primary medical treatment, preventive healthcare and health education. In these hospitals, patients will be able to meet doctors and get pathological tests and minor procedures done,” said Sonia Trikha, director general of health services, Haryana.
Each of these units will have 20 staff, including 10 specialists in medicine, gynaecology, paediatrician, dermatology, ophthalmology and psychiatry, two staff nurses and one dentist, a physiotherapist, counsellor and others. These centres will cater to a population of 1 lakh.
The objective is to fill critical gaps in health infrastructure, surveillance, and health research in both urban and rural areas, so communities are equipped in managing pandemics or other public health crises, officials said.
“Gurgaon will have two of these new hospitals, which will strengthen public health surveillance and timely reporting, and promote community engagement to ensure universal reach of health services. They will be set up to increase access to specialist services close to the community. Also, these will aim to minimise out-of-pocket expenditure,” said Virender Yadav, the chief medical officer.
These units are expected to help decongest secondary and tertiary health care facilities. The location and population coverage will be flexible depending on population densities and presence of vulnerable and marginalised population sub-groups, Yadav added.
Though the city has witnessed an alarming population surge in the past decade, healthcare facilities and infrastructure have not kept up with the pace. A large chunk of the population can’t afford treatment in private hospitals. As a result, thousands of patients visit the Sector 10 Civil hospital, the only operational government hospital in the city at present.