Manual of Hospital Planning and Designing For Medical Administrators, Architects and Planners

This book is a one-stop resource on all the critical aspects of planning and designing hospitals, one of the most complex healthcare projects to undertake.

A well-planned and designed hospital should control infection rate, provide safety to patients, caregivers and visitors, help improve patients' recovery and have scope for future expansion and change. Reinforcing these basic principles, guidance on such effective planning and designing is the key focus. Readers are offered insights into eliminating shortcomings at every stage of setting up a hospital which may not be feasible to rectify later on through alterations. Chapters from 1 to 12 of the book provide exhaustive notes on initial planning, such as detailed project reports, feasibility studies, and area calculation. Chapters 13 to 27 include designing and layout of all the essential departments/units such as OPD, emergency, intermediate care, diagnostics, operating rooms, and intensive care units. Chapters 28 to 37 cover designing support services like sterilization department, pharmacy, medical gas pipeline, kitchen, laundry, medical record, and mortuary. Chapters 38 to 48 take the readers through planning other services like air-conditioning and ventilation, fire safety, extra low voltage, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services. Chapter 49 is for the planning of medical equipment. A particular chapter on "Green" hospital designing is included. 

This book is a single essential tabletop reference for hospital consultants, medical and hospital administrators, hospital designers, architecture students, and hospital promoters.

SECTION ONE – HOSPITAL PLANNING   

1              PHASES OF HOSPITAL PLANNING AND DESIGNING         

2              INCEPTION OF THE IDEA              

3              FACTORS ASSESSING FEASIBILITY OF THE HOSPITAL PLANNING 

4              PREPARATION OF DETAILED PROJECT REPORT (DPR) AND TECHNO-COMMERCIAL FEASIBILITY REPORT (TCFR) FOR HOSPITAL           

5              SITE SELECTION FOR HOSPITAL 

6              GENERAL ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED WHILE DESIGNING HOSPITAL BUILDING    

7              AREA REQUIREMENT & PLANNING         

                SECTION TWO - SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF HOSPITAL          

8              SCHEMATIC DESIGN      

9              EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THE DESIGN OF THE HOSPITAL              

10           SITE PLAN           

11           DETAILED ENGINEERING DRAWINGS     

                SECTION THREE - CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS               

12           PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS             

                SECTION FOUR - DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT         

13           DESIGNING DETAILS OF DEPARTMENT OR SPACES OF THE HOSPITAL      

14           DESIGN OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE GATE TO THE HOSPITAL            

15           ENTRANCE LOBBY OF THE HOSPITAL       

16           EMERGENCY SERVICES 

17           OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT       

18           INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

19           OPERATION THEATRE SUITE       

20           DELIVERY ROOM / LABOR ROOM             

21           INTERMEDIATE CARE AREA (PATIENT ROOMS)  

22           RADIOLOGY       

23           CLINICAL LABORATORIES             

24           BLOOD BANK    

25           OTHER INVESTIGATION & PROCEDURES               

26           RADIATION THERAPY    

27           REHABILITATION & ALLIED HEALTH THERAPIES  

28           PHARMACY UNIT            

29           CENTRAL STERILIZATION SUPPLY DEPARTMENT

30           PIPED MEDICAL GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM (MGPS)   

31           HOSPITAL KITCHEN        

32           LAUNDRY           

33           MEDICAL RECORD DEPARTMENT (MRD)               

34           MORTUARY       

35           ADMINISTRATION AREA              

36           STORES IN THE HOSPITAL            

37           ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE UNIT  

                SECTION FIVE - MEP PLANNING & DESIGNING  

38           HVAC (AIR-CONDITIONING) SYSTEM     

39           ELECTRICAL SERVICES    

40           ELV, ICT AND IBMS SERVICES     

41           INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & COMPUTERIZATION     

42           WATER SUPPLY & DRAINAGE SYSTEM    

43           VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM    

44           PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEMS (PTS)           

45           SIGNAGE SYSTEM           

46           BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT   

47           FIRE SAFETY       

48           GREEN HOSPITALS          

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Dr. Ajay Garg has been in health care planning, designing, and administration for the past three decades. He has worked with various hospitals like Narinder Mohan Hospital & Heart Centre, Ghaziabad; Jeevan Rekha Hospital, Kashipur; Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, India. He has also completed various hospital projects like Krishna Hospital (Kashipur), Narayan Hospital (Rudrapur), Le-Crest Hospital (Vasundra, Ghaziabad), TSM Medical College & Hospital (Lucknow) as a hospital consultant.