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Srinagar, Aug 17: Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Chief Executive Officer, J&K ERA/JTFRP Monday inspected the progress of work on the construction of Additional Block at Lal Ded Maternity Hospital and, on the construction of additional hospital block at the Bone and Joint Hospital, Barzulla, Srinagar taken up under the component “Critical Infrastructure” of Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project funded by the World Bank.
During the site visit to the construction site of the additional hospital block at the Lal Ded Maternity Hospital, Srinagar, Basharat Kawoosa, Director Technical JTFRP informed the CEO, JKERA/JTFRP that the work on the “state of art” additional block at Lal Ded, Hospital is being constructed by JKPCC at an allotted cost of Rs 132.50 crore . He said that block is designed as G+5 structure with Ground floor having waiting hall integrated with canteen and associated facilities like display counters, CCTV counters etc. 1st Floor will have LDRP (labor-delivery-recovery and postpartum) suite with nursery for the newborns, 2nd floor will have hi-tech operation theaters with 3rd floor exclusively dedicated to services while as 4th and 5th floors will have post operative wards.
The state of the art hospital building will be constructed using the base isolation technique to make it withstand the earthquakes in the seismic zone –V. The technology is being used for the first in the construction of any public buildings in the valley. The building has been categorized as GREEN BUILDING and is being designed to achieve performance based on the international design standards also be the designated Green building with the scientific provision for the energy conversation.
Later, CEO JKERA/JTFRP inspected the progress of work on the construction of additional block at Bone and Joints hospital, Barzulla Srinagar which is being constructed at cost of Rs 88.94 crore. Director, Technical, JTFRP informed that the block on completion will considerably augment the infrastructure of the valley’s largest center for the orthopedic care with the additional capacity of 120 beds and the state of art facility will have latest Intensive care centre’s and modular operation theatres.
