New block not ready after 9 years, queues grow longer in Gurgaon's Civil Hospital
The Rs 21.5-crore project, proposed in 2015 to alleviate overcrowding and expand services, has faced land disputes, changing plans, and funding delays.
The original Jan 2024 deadline has passed, and officials now anticipate the 100-bed facility to be ready by mid-2026.
Meanwhile, the city's main govt hospital continues to operate beyond capacity.
Years of paperwork already delayed the project, and a land transfer request in 2018 was rejected by HSVP, which said construction could proceed without changing ownership. Final designs and clearances took another two years, and work finally started in 2021, with the PWD promising the project to be ready in 18 months.
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Since then, the project has witnessed repeated snags – from funding gaps to changes in hospital building specifications and fresh approvals from the directorate general of health services.
The delay in completing the new block at Civil Hospital, Sector 10, has left the old facility buckling under pressure. On most days, the 200-bed hospital is forced to accommodate more than 300 inpatients, with doctors adjusting two patients on a single bed and, in extreme cases, three expectant mothers sharing one bed.
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In summer, the heat makes conditions worse, with many ceiling fans broken or barely working, leaving wards stifling and patients, some with open wounds, struggling to recover. "The construction delay was due to funding and additional approvals, but we are now in the final phase for tendering. If all goes as per the plan, it may be ready by mid-2026," a PWD official said.
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