Manual of Hospital Planning and Designing

Dr. Ajay Garg has been in health care planning, designing, and administration for the past three decades. He has worked with various hospitals like Narinder Mohan Hospital & Heart Centre, Ghaziabad; Jeevan Rekha Hospital, Kashipur; Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, India. He has also completed various hospital projects like Krishna Hospital (Kashipur), Narayan Hospital (Rudrapur), Le-Crest Hospital (Vasundra, Ghaziabad), TSM Medical College & Hospital (Lucknow) as a hospital consultant.Prof. Dr. Anil Dewan has teaching experience in hospital programming, planning, designing and construction, and project management for healthcare facilities for more than 40 years. He has been working as an adviser to Institutions like the World Bank, World Health Organization, Bureau of Indian Standards, etc. Presently he is the Head of Department, Department of Architecture at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He is also a technical advisor to the Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan Teaching University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

• Section one -  Hospital planning: phases of hospital planning and designing   .-  Inception of the idea.-  Factors assessing feasibility of the hospital planning.-  Preparation of detailed project report (dpr) and techno-commercial feasibility report (tcfr) for hospital.-  Site selection for hospital.-  General issues to be considered while designing hospital building.-  Area requirement & planning.-  Section two - Schematic design of hospital: schematic design.-  Effects of covid-19 on the design of the hospital.- Site plan.- Detailed engineering drawings.- Section three - Construction documents.- Preparation of construction documents.- Section four - Design & development.- Designing details of department or spaces of the hospital.- Design of the main entrance gate to the hospital.- Entrance lobby of the hospital.- Emergency services.- Outpatient department.- Intensive care units.- Operation theatre suite.- Deliveryroom / labor room.- Intermediate care area (patient rooms).- Radiology.- Clinical laboratories.- Blood bank  .- Other investigation & procedures.- Radiation therapy.- Rehabilitation & allied health therapies.- Pharmacy unit.-  Central sterilization supply department.- Piped medical gas supply system (mgps).- Hospital kitchen.- Laundry.- Medical record department (mrd).- Mortuary.- Administration area.- Stores in the hospital.- Engineering & maintenance unit.-   Section five - Mep planning & designing.- Hvac (air-conditioning) system.- Electrical services.- Elv, ict and ibms services.- Information technology & computerization.- Water supply & drainage system.- Vertical transportation system.- Pneumatic tube systems (pts).- Signage system.- Bio-medical waste management.- Fire safety.- Green hospitals.- Section six - Equipment planning.