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P Area, 6,75,000 sq. ft.
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This modern edifice aims to break down the complexity normally

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Situated on Oelhi-Mathura Highway
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HOSPITAL Orthopaedics Eye care
General OPD services
Paediatrics Physiotherapy
*Emergency
department Psychiatry Community
D *General medicine medicine
*General surgery Tuberculosis and
E respiratory Forensic medicine
*Dentistry
L *ENT diseases
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GROUND FLOOR
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P For the in-patient wards, several criteria had to be satisfied : provision
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The in-patient wards are grouped reassuringly around a central nurse's
station and are placed above the clinical zone in the podium. Throughout
the complex the aim has been to de-institutionalize the spaces by the
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The less complex out-patient department is separated by a
pedestrian atrium space from the complex acute care, diagnostic
and in-patient areas. The large atrium serves to enliven the
environment and provide a street-like atmosphere from within which
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R Sandwiched between the in-patient wards and the clinical zone is an
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S spanned, podium floor, sitting atop a double basement housing the
T complex support zone consisting of the various services.
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A service entry serving as doctors and staff entry leading to the main
building block and finally to the service yard from the ramp to the
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P *Grand atrium which acts as waiting hall gives
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O *Proper care of the cross ventilation and outward
view has been taken in designing of the wards
*Proper services are laid out
*Wards are designed in the towers to minimize
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E *Gives hotel like appearance.
L *Tower like structure not recommended for area
H lying in earthquake zone 4
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