Cabinet nod for 100-bed hospital in Delhi

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the construction of a 100-bed hospital in Delhi at an estimated cost of Rs 95 crore.

Addressing the media here, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the hospital would come up in the Najafgarh area of west Delhi. “There are about 73 villages around Najafgarh which has a population of 13.65 lakh, but there is no good hospital around.”

This hospital will have departments of Medicine, Gynaecology, and Pediatrics surgery and a blood bank, among other facilities, the minister said. (IANS)