Ahmedabad Civil Hospital
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Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, the biggest hospital in Asia, is located in Ahmedabad
, India with facilities for specialised diagnostic, therapeutic & rehabilitative patient care
. Spread over 110 acre (0.4451546 km²) of land, it houses a number of prestigious institutes and allied hospitals, the Gujarat Medical Council and Gujarat Nursing Council. The new building and infrastructure of CHA came into existence in 1953 with the help of benevolent donations given by Shri Hutheesing, Shri Premabhai and Surgeon General D Wyllie.
The hospital is one of the oldest and most modern in India, treating about 6 to 6.5 lac outdoor patients and admitting 70,000 patients annually. It performs about 26,000 surgeries and 6500 deliveries per year.
There has been a proposal to obtain World Bank aid for a nine-storey 2,000-bed building on the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital campus, increasing its capacity to 4,800 beds. Officials confirmed that the plan would add health care facilities along with two new medical colleges which would create another 500 seats.This hospital is very helpful to poor people with decrease fees of surgery..
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
, India with facilities for specialised diagnostic, therapeutic & rehabilitative patient care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
. Spread over 110 acre (0.4451546 km²) of land, it houses a number of prestigious institutes and allied hospitals, the Gujarat Medical Council and Gujarat Nursing Council. The new building and infrastructure of CHA came into existence in 1953 with the help of benevolent donations given by Shri Hutheesing, Shri Premabhai and Surgeon General D Wyllie.
The hospital is one of the oldest and most modern in India, treating about 6 to 6.5 lac outdoor patients and admitting 70,000 patients annually. It performs about 26,000 surgeries and 6500 deliveries per year.
There has been a proposal to obtain World Bank aid for a nine-storey 2,000-bed building on the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital campus, increasing its capacity to 4,800 beds. Officials confirmed that the plan would add health care facilities along with two new medical colleges which would create another 500 seats.This hospital is very helpful to poor people with decrease fees of surgery..