In Safdarjung, the largest hospital of the central government, 10,000 to 12,000 people come to the OPD every day. Dozens of big buildings and blocks have been built in the Safdarjung Hospital premises to see these patients. In these buildings and blocks, at some places surgeries take place and at other places patients are admitted. But, many buildings in Safdarjung Hospital have become so dilapidated that they are inviting major accidents. These dilapidated buildings are so important that along with the patients, there are also doctors in them, but the hospital administration does not pay any attention towards these dilapidated buildings.
Actually, there is a building of 'Department of Surgery' near the ART Center in Safdarjung Hospital. There is a large empty space in front of this building, which is a parking space for the faculty of the surgery department. In front of this parking, the building of Department of General Surgery is standing in a dilapidated condition. The condition of the building is so bad that its platter has fallen off. The plaster has been worn out at many places, due to which the bricks of the building are visible and the paint has been removed.
Plaster disintegrated, bars rusted
The condition of the building is so bad that the plaster has been removed from its balcony and its bars have come out. The bars have rusted due to being exposed to air and water. After looking at the building, it seems as if the Safdarjung Hospital administration had got the work done here years ago and now the administration has turned its back on it.
What happens in the surgery department building?
Both doctors and patients live in this dilapidated building of the surgery department. In this building, those patients are kept who have to undergo surgery after a day or two. Patients are kept here before surgery. At the same time, the doctors of the Faculty of Surgery department sit in this building. Despite being such an important building, Safdarjung Hospital is not taking care of it.
If this building of Safdarjung Hospital is not improved in future, an accident can happen any time. In such a situation, if the dilapidated building collapses, both the doctor and the patient will be buried under it. However, when we tried to talk to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Safdarjung Hospital about this by sending photos and videos of the building, she did not respond to messages and phone calls. At the same time, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital Director Kavita Rani Sharma and Medical Superintendent Dr. Charu Bamba are also not paying attention to this.
What is the annual budget of Safdarjung Hospital?
Let us tell you that the Central Government has given a total budget of Rs 2,170.7 crore to Safdarjung Hospital and Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College for the year 2026-27. The government had earlier allocated a budget of Rs 2,045 crore for the year 2025-26. Safdarjung Hospital is one of the busiest referral centers in the country.