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E HOSPITAL •Orthopaedics •Eye care
L •General OPD services •Paediatrics •Physiotherapy
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I *General medicine •Psychiatry •Community medicine
*General surgery •Tuberculosis and •Forensic medicine
*Dentistry respiratory diseases
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For the in-patient wards, several criteria had to be satisfied : provision of cross-
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P clinical zone below. The clinical zone consisting of the diagnostic and the 'acute-
R care' areas were placed with the operation theaters and housed within deep-
A spanned, podium floor, sitting atop a double basement housing the complex support
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Entry of the hospital is through 3 gates namely Gate 1, Gate 2, and Gate 3.
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L *Grand atrium which acts as waiting hall gives street like
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*Gives hotel like appearance.
*Tower like structure not recommended for area lying in
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