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NEW DELHI : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal laid the foundation stone of a new building of the Rao Tula Ram Hospital that will be built at a cost of Rs 65 crore. With this, 270 more beds will be added to the hospital, the Delhi government said.

It may be noted that assembly elections in Delhi are imminent.

“We are building a 270-bed hospital here. We have also set up Mohalla Clinics in 20 villages nearby. No government in Delhi had ever thought of it," Kejriwal said in a statement.

“We'll make a better hospital with better facilities, but with a lower budget. It will be completely air-conditioned and matching with the top private hospitals in Delhi,” said the Chief Minister.

Delhi's Health Minister Satyendar Jain said, “I promise you that the construction of our 270-bed new block will be completed within 14 months. The new building will have air-conditioned rooms, required infrastructural facilities, and world-class healthcare facilities. The construction of this building block will facilitate the treatment of emergency cases and the patients will not be referred to other private hospitals for treatment.”

Mr Jain announced that construction of another Delhi government hospital with 1250 beds is starting in Dwarka

“Only 265 dispensaries have been constructed by the previous governments in the last 70 years, now 334 Mohalla clinics have been constructed in Delhi, with the Chief Minister inaugurating 100 more clinics this month. No other government in the entire world has constructed as many Primary Healthcare Centers as Kejriwal government is doing in Delhi”, Mr Jain added.

Delhi’s Law and Transport Minister Shri Kailash Gahlot said “The new hospital will have all the required facilities like the ICU ward, and blood bank facilities.”