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| Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Government of India | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Central governmenthospital |
| Type | General &Teaching Hospital ofGuru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University |
| Affiliated university | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | 24 Hours tertiary-care emergency services |
| Beds | 1420 |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Willingdon Hospital |
| Opened | 1932 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://rmlh.nic.in/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in India |
28°37′33″N77°11′54″E / 28.6257591°N 77.1984509°E /28.6257591; 77.1984509Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (formerly known asWillingdon Hospital) is a hospital inNew Delhi, India, operated by theMinistry of Health and Family Welfare of theGovernment of India.Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences (formerly the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, New Delhi), which offersundergraduate andpostgraduate courses, is attached to this hospital
Established in 1932 by theBritish Raj asWillingdon Hospital, it was designed to serve their personnel and initially accommodated 54 beds. In 1954, following India's independence, control of the hospital was transferred to the Central Government'sMinistry of Health and Family Welfare.[1] In the 1970s, the hospital was renamed afterRam Manohar Lohia, a leading proponent ofsocialist ideology in India.
The hospital spans 30 acres (12 hectares), including 4 acres (1.6 hectares) dedicated to a nurses' hostel. Strategically located, it features a 71-bed nursing home for beneficiaries of theCentral Government Health Scheme and offers extensive subspecialty care.[1][2][3]
Annually, the hospital serves approximately 1.2 million outpatients, admits around 46,000 patients, and attends to about 150,000 emergency cases. With a capacity of 1,420 beds, it performs nearly 10,000 CT scans, 2,000 MRI scans, 200,000 X-rays, 2.8 million laboratory tests, 25,000 ultrasound scans, and conducts about 9,000 major and 40,000 minor surgeries each year. Additionally, the hospital operates dedicated daily OPDs exclusively for Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) beneficiaries.
The hospital also plans to expand its capacity to approximately 3,000 beds, surpassing the capacity ofSafdarjung Hospital.
The hospital began offering anMBBS course in 2019 with 100 seats and has been running MD/MS programs since 2009, under the aegis of theAtal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences (formerly known as the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research).[citation needed]
