THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DELHI
Hon’ble LG inaugurates Redeveloped Indian Red Cross Society Hospital at Dilshad Garden in East Delhi.
Primarily a facility for quality Maternity & Paediatric Care for weaker sections in the vicinity, the Hospital will also have OPDs with super speciality Doctors from various medical streams.
Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Shri V.K. Saxena yesterday inaugurated the Redeveloped Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Hospital in East Delhi's Dilshad Garden. He was accompanied by area MLA, Shri Sanjay Goel, apart from members of the Managing Body, the Divisional Commissioner and the local DM.
Once an iconic facility built by IRCS, which is headed by the President of India nationally and by the Lt. Governor in Delhi, this Hospital meant to serve the poorest on our margins, had turned into a dilapidated crumbling structure with decreasing patient footfall, when Shri Saxena first visited it upon taking over as the Lt. Governor.
Thereafter, the Lt. Governor had undertaken concerted efforts to redevelop the Hospital into a modern health facility with required infrastructure and personnel support. To this end, apart from utilizing the limited funds of the organization, CSR Funding was organized and the Delhi Police Housing Corporation Limited, was roped in to carry out the construction work.
Speaking on the occasion of the inauguration of the redeveloped facility, Shri Saxena said that strong resolve, determined efforts and supervision of the members of the new managing body and officials and committed CSR funding have led to a redevelopment, that few would have imagined, even an year back.
He also added that replete with a new modern building, waiting areas, OPD & IPD services, Laboratory, adequate toilets for staff, patients and attendants, physiotherapy facilities and a cafeteria for patients and attendants along with competent medical and para-medical staff, IRCS Hospital Dilshad Garden is set to become a quality centre for Maternity & Child Care.
The Hospital will also offer OPD services in different medical streams by visiting super speciality consultant Doctors, apart from providing AYUSH and diagnostic services. It will also have a dedicated in patient canteen and the entire new complex is divyangjan-friendly with complete accessibility through ramps and elevators.
Hon’ble LG appealed to the accompanying area MLA to ensure community participation in the facility's success and instructed officials to ensure that the Redeveloped Hospital is properly and perpetually maintained.
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