Health Minister inaugurates OPD/IPD blocks at Lady Hardinge Medical College

Today, in the presence of MoS Health Dr. Bharti Pravin Pawar, Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the new outpatient and inpatient (OPD/IPD) blocks at Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated hospital.

The new OPD facilities, medicines, investigations, and consultations will now be available on Sundays at Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), according to Dr. Ram Chander, Director Professor of the LHMC.

"There will be a patient-friendly environment under one roof all clinical departments will be started, and we will also have OPD facilities, medicines, investigations, and consultations on Sunday," he said.

Further, he stated that the Kalawati saran Institute of Medical Sciences for Children, the only Central Government Children's hospital, will soon have more than 1,000 beds.

"The project is underway to increase beds for pediatric patients. We will have more than 1000 beds of paediatrpediatrics. Currently, Kalawati saran Institute has 320 beds," Dr. Chander added.

As a result, all departments of the hospital such as surgery, gynecology, and medicine will move to the new block of the hospital, and the old building will be demolished.

LHMC will increase its bed strength from 877 to over 1000 beds with the new IPD Block.

The IPD Block houses an additional highly sophisticated CT scanner. The new multi-speciality OPD Block has additional facilities for holistic health care including all medical and surgical specialties, Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy & Homeopathy. Dr. Atul Goel, Director of General Health Services, Dr Ram Chandra, Director, Lady Hardinge Medical College, faculty members, staff, and students of the institution were present at the inauguration event

The inauguration can be viewed on YouTube via the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke_YVYNANxA