School Of Architecture

CT University , Ludhiana
Course Name – Architectural design –VII
Course Code – ARC501
Literature Study
HOSPITAL
 A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with

Hospital
specialized medical and nursing staff and medical equipment. A district
hospital typically is the major health care facility in its region, with a large
number of beds for intensive care and additional beds for patients who
need long-term care.
Purpose
The main function of a hospital is to provide the population with complete
health care; it also functions as the centre for the training of health workers. A
hospital is generally a vital part of a social and medical organization.
Hospital, an institution that is built, staffed, and equipped for the diagnosis of
Of Hospital disease; for the treatment, both medical and surgical, of the sick and the
injured; and for their housing during this process.
Classification of Hospital

System
wise

Speciality Qwner
wise wise

Type of
Hospital

Function
level wise Size wise
System wise classification

Allopathic Homeopathy Ayurvedic Unani

System wise classification

Naturopathy
Siddha Yogic
Function wise classification
Size wise classification

25-50 51-100 101-300 301-500 501-750 750 or more

Beds Beds Beds Beds Beds Beds

Owner wise classification

Government Private
Hospirtal Hospital
Specialty wise classification
HOSPITAL
Specialized hospital

Specialized hospitals include trauma centers, rehabilitation

hospitals, children's hospitals, seniors' (geriatric) hospitals,
and hospitals for dealing with specific medical needs such as 
psychiatric treatment (see psychiatric hospital) and certain
disease categories. Specialized hospitals can help reduce 
health care costs compared to general hospitals.
General Hospital
General hospitals may be academic health
facilities or community-based entities. They are 
01 general in the sense that they admit all types of
medical and surgical cases, and they
concentrate on patients with acute illnesses
needing relatively short-term care.
02

03
Research Hospital
A patient care organization with a tripartite
mandate of care, training and research.
01 Research hospitals provide care for the most
rare and complex conditions, teach future
health. care providers, and
move research results into
02 practice.

03
Spaces in a Hospital

• Administration Division 01
• OPD ( Outpatient department )
• Emergency reception
• Pharmacy 02
• Operation theatre
• Intensive care unit
• Patient wards
• 03
Laboratories
 Submitted To:-
Ar. Sukriti
Submitted By:-
Jasleen Kaur
B.Arch ( 7th sem )
2017300207
Thank you