To provide shelter to the attendants of the patients admitted in AIIMS trauma centre, the institute is soon going to have a ten-storey hostel, which will be called a 'Dharamshala' block.
The hostel will be able accommodate more than 360 persons.
"The aim is to provide a residing facility to the relatives or attendants of the patients admitted in AIIMS trauma centre and for those who come for a follow up treatment here.
"About 60 per cent of our patients at trauma centre come from neighbouring states and therefore there is an imminent need to provide them with the staying facility," said AIIMS director M C Mishra.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in this regard was signed between the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd chief managing director R N Nayak and AIIMS director M C Mishra today.
Power Grid Corporation donated Rs 2.9 crore today as the first instalment under their Corporate Social Responsibility to Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre AIIMS for the construction of the hostel.
AIIMS trauma centre at present does not have a staying facility for patient's attendants and they take shelter at the 'Dharamshala' located inside the main AIIMS which is usually over crowded.
The proposed budget for the construction of the budget is Rs 28 crores.
The work has been entrusted to a public sector firm, Hospital Consultancy Corporation India Ltd (HSCC), for developing drawings, obtaining approvals, floating tenders and supervising construction.
