Ahmedabad, 25 September 2012

The governing body of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Medical Education Trust today approved Rs 99.92 crore work of reconstruction of city’s Vadilal Sarabhai (VS) hospital. The construction order has been awarded to M/S Patel Infrastructure Private Limited through bidding process.

The VS hospital was established in 1931. A medical college was added to its 23 acre campus in 1953. Presently the hospital has 1155 + 88 bed facility.

The reconstructed version of hospital will contain 1450 beds with 1.20 lakh square meter built-up area.

The reconstruction project will be over in three years period.

The entire project is worth Rs 331 crore.

The new multi-storied hospital will be built through Chief Minister’s Swarnim Shaheri Vikas Yojna grant money.

-It will be constructed through green sustainable building norms

-It will have three towers

-Height of about 70 meter

-19 floors including two basements, ground floor and 16 floors on the land

-Helipad for emergency on terrace

-OPDs, emergency, trauma, radiology, high and low diagnostic sample collection, blood bank, 36 operation theaters, orthopedic, neurology, cardiac cathlab, pediatric, intensive, neonatal etc treatment facilities

-900 general bed

-222 super specialty bed

-128 ICU bed

-200 paid bed

-Separate service block

-Emergency fire ramps

-State of the art steel structural construction technology

-JCI prescribed planning for infection control

-Solar panels, geothermal cooling through earth air tunnel, eco soil escape

-LED lights in common area and all LED automated street lights

-Integrated building automation system

-Rain water harvesting

-Green roof technology

-Solar power panels/solar hot water system

-28 lift elevators in three towers, 2 stairs in basement, 6 fire stairs, 2 central stairs, 4 separate stairs

-Landscaping and facility to park 2200 cars