Apollo Hospital Case Study

CAS SE STUDY Y :AP POLLO HO OSPIT TAL

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Ar. Ansshul Sharm ma B.Arch., M.Arch. AAD(A Arch).E6 E--IN-C’s Bra anch. New Delhi.

HOS SPITAL LS Hosp pital sho ould be a place to prom mote health, not jjust only y for curing g diseasses. Hospitals are special buildingss. They stand out throug gh their scale, gh the la arge num mbers of people trreated an nd nurse ed, throug gh the throug many staff an nd throug gh the ccoming and a goin ng of vissitors. Ho ospital ons varyy conside erably: ssometime es on th he outskkirts of a city, locatio somettimes in the citty centre e itself. Some (particula arly acad demic) hospittals are so s large that t theyy resemble comple ete villag ges with shops, s servicces, info ormation centres and ca atering establish e ments. Apollo hospittal is a pe erfect exa ample of a healthc care establishmen nt.

INDR RAPRA ASTHA A APOL LLO HO OSPITA AL NEW W DELH HI Apollo o hospita al is firrst of itts type corporatte hospiital startted in 1996,d designed d by Ar.Hafeez Co ontractor much critticized fo or its Hote el look, but le ead the way w for th he mode rn health hcare industry in India. It shows how a health care es stablishm ment can perform m well w with its modern m image e. The hospital pro ovides exxcellent fa acilities to o its userss.

GEN NERAL INFOR RMATIO ON LOCA ATION

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Sarita Vihar,, New De elhi

ARCH HITECT

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Hafeez contractor

CLIEN NT

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Apollo Group off Hospitals

BUILT T UP ARE EA

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6, 75 5,000 sq. ft

AREA A OF SITE E

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20 ac cres. Or 8 80960 sqm m.

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COMP PLETED IN

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199 96

 Asia’s larrgest corporate ho ospital.  650 Bedd ded Hosp pital (inclu usive of I.C.U) , 700 Full T Time Docttors, & 2500 Parramedica al Staff.  Equipped d with all major am menities & state off the art ttechnolog gy.  Backed by b adequate and sskilled ma anpower from field d of diagn nosis and thera apy.  Admn. Jo ointly by A.H.E.l A & Delhi go ovt.  Prime de esigner :- Hafeez C Contracto or  & Interna al Modific cation byy C. Sasid dhar under A.H.E .L (Archime edes)

APP PROACH  Situated on Delhi Mathura a highway y.  Faces SW W of the road.  7 min. Drrive from Ashram Chowk.  In proxim mity to Ok khla & Nizzamuddin n Railway y stationss, so easily approach hable by trains.

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VAR RIOUS CLINIC C CS OF T THE HO OSPITA AL 50 bra anches off specialtty and su per spec cialty in th he fields o f Medicin ne and S Surgery. Major division in 3 categ gories  I.P.D  O.P.D  Diagnosiis.

MED DICAL SERVIC S CES  Outpatient departtment.  Emergen ncy.  Clinical la aboratories.  General medicine e. 4 | P a g e    

 Commun nity medic cine.  General surgery  Psychiatry  Tubercullosis and respirato ory diseases  Physiotherapy  Labour and a delive ery suits

NUR RSING SERVIC S CES  General nursing services. s  Cardiolog gy  Paediatriics  Physiotherapy  Pediatriccs  Tubercullosis and respirato ory diseases.  Eye care e.  Neurosurgery  ENT  Skin.  Radiothe erapy  Cancer departme d ent.

TOT TAL BEDS AN ND STA AFF  Total bed d capacity y

-650 0

 Total bed ds complement

-550 0

 Total no.. of docto ors

-700 0

 Nurses

-500 0

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 Other sta aff

-200 00

 Approx. No. N of pa atients vissiting hos spital in a day

-170 00

 Flex xibilityy in 

all m mediccal  facilities..  A sp pine aand  an intersstitial  or aro ound  floo and on b both  sidees of  hiNAL h lCORR IN NTERN C RIDOR CLIN NICAL ZONE Z CONSISTS OF:O  The Diag gnostic.  Acute ca are areas with min i operatio on theatre es.  Operation theatre es. House ed within n deep-s spanned,, podium m floor, sitting a atop a double d basem ment hou using the complexx supportt zone co onsisting of the various v servicces.

Serv vice Flo oor  Sandwiched betw ween IPD & clinica al zone .  Houses engineeri e ing and h hospital supportive e servicess.  Supportss complex x medica al facilities and me edical faccilities and the clinical zone. 6 | P a g e    

IN PA ATIENT ZONE  Provision n of cross s-ventilatiion in eve ery room .  Every be ed to have e a view o of the outside.  A minimu um walking distan nce from the nurs ses statio on to the rooms is a guidiing criteriia in its d esigning, for visua al check.

Flex xibility for f futu ure  Floor con nverted frrom ward ds to room ms and viice versa a.  Configuration for the hiera archy of th he rooms s.

BAS SEMENTS  Total are ea built on n ground floor, is having h ba asement of two flo oors.  Which houses alll the serrvice, engineering g, store, houseke eeping, nd person nnel depa artment mortuary, m along with w the and workkshop an x-knife (rradio surg gery depa artment).  One partt is dedica ated for sstaff park king and security s ccontrol room.

CIRC CULAT TION  Circulatio on is of tw wo types,, vertical and horiz zontal.  Horizonta al circula ation prim marily through corrridors w which ran along the axis of o buildin ng.  Vertical Circulatio on is thro ough sta air case, lifts, whiich is us sed by and service perso onnel. patients, visitors, Doctors a

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COM MPONE ENTS O.P.D D  Smaller Two Sto ory Blockk Contain ns The O.P.D, O P Pharmacy y, And Bank, In Its (G+ 1) Structu ure. MAIN BUILDIN NG  (G+6) strructure with w two basement floors.  Housing almost all a the vittal compo onents of service treatment and

a nursing areas.  First two floors (G G, G+1) th he plan is s rectangular.  It takes shape of o two tow wers in the floorrs above connectted by corridorss and giving a bea autiful terrrace at th he roof off first floor used by the in patients of subse equent flo oors  Ground floor f conttain: Labss, diagno ostics, nuclear med dicine, diinning, kitchen, radiology r y and eme ergency

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O.T & I.C.U U  First floo or contain ns all OT T, ICU, Cathy C labs, dayca are, MD's office and othe er ancillarry zones.  Made forr optimal use of stterilization n and serrvices  ICU varie es in typo ology & s hares spaces adjo oining the e OTs  Prohibite ed for gen neral pub lic.  Access iss only till the waiti ng lobby.  Maintena ance chamber is provided just abov ve this flo oor. So th hat the blue colla ar mainte enance p personnell can do work w/o o disturbing the sterilizatiion or, th he circula ation of doctors, d staffs, pa o the atients, on lower floo or.

WAR RDS  The floo ors above e first flo oor, cons sists of wards, w d doctors, nurses n room and d other ancillary u units.  Wards tyypes: 4-b beded

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 2-b beded  single bedded  With provvision of VIP suite es  Provided d around the t core of tower, which se erves for nurse sta ation.  Emergen ncy ward on grou nd floor  separate e entry forr emerge ncy patie ents  Blood ba ank is adjoining th e emerge ency ward also a sseparate triage and OT is provide ed for cau usalities.  Central circulation c n core fo rmed by three passengerss cum strretcher lifts and two stair cases iss for publiic & continues till last floorr is the ode of ve ertical cirrculation & opens s to the main foy yer on main mo ground flloor.

PAR RKING  Parking basically b of three ttypes:  Am mbulance  Vissitor  Sta aff nce parkin ng is nea r the eme ergency  Ambulan  Visitors parking p are a suffic ient for th he demand of ap p. One car c per bed.  Staff parking prov vided at th he basem ment.

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SER RVICES S AND DUCTS D S  All essen ntial serv vices like e plumbin ng, HVAC C, mediccal gasse es, fire protection electric city and ttelephone e cables, data cab bles, CCT TV etc present. T Verttical Dista ance By Ducts A And Then Span  Services Travel The Running Through T Corridorss And Co overed The Horiizontal Distance R By False e Ceiling. eing loca ated onlyy in required area a these p provide a rigid  Ducts be structure e without any cond ducive rea arrangem ment or exxpansion.

TERIAL LS MAT  Different materials used fo or differen nt spaces s & purpo oses.  Public arreas are clad c with marble and a floors s of marb ble or, tile e, kota and gran nite tiles, ceiling off gyp boa ard false ceiling. c  External walls cllad with glass tiles & stone to g give patttern & ance free e. maintena  Use of sttructural glazing. g  Fiber gla ass and polycarbo nate used for rooffing and llight wells s.

FLOOR DIS STRIBU UTION: Sixth floo or only V.I.P V suitss are prov vided (8 in numbe er in two wings A &B; fou ur in each h wing).  Fourth and fifth floors are meant fo or twin su uits, gene eral wards, kids g ogical warrds, and other o warrds section, gynecolo  Third an other specialty nd second floors are mea ant for IC CU s & o wards wiith genera al wards..  Service floor f prov vided afte er 2nd floo or 11 | P a g e    

 First floo or meant for OT s and pre and portt operate ed facilitie es with ICUs.  Provided d a nurse e station for every 8 bed ds and in n 6th floo or this ration is for f every y two suitss one nurrse statio on is provvided.  Every nu urse station has 6 6-8 nurses attend ding the patients every time.  Basemen nt parking g provide ed for 65 50 cars and the sa ame no. of two wheelerss.  Generallyy while entering e to o a ward there comes thre ee zones,, in 1st zone changing rooms r an nd linen room is situated d, 2nd zo one is one and th hen come es the wa ards etc. buffer zo  Pantry provided p in eve ry floor adjacen nt to the e fire escape e staircase es  Provided d a big waiting w ha all in eve ery floor near the e staircas se and lifts.  Generallyy while entering e to o a ward there comes thre ee zones,, in 1st zone changing rooms r an nd linen room is situated d, 2nd zo one is one and th hen come es the wa ards etc. buffer zo  Pantry provided p in eve ry floor adjacen nt to the e fire escape e staircase es  Provided d a big waiting w ha all in eve ery floor near the e staircas se and lifts.

INFE ERENC CES  A very ne ew appro oach in ho ospital de esigning besides ccriticized for its hotel like e look.  Grand attrium not only acti ng as source of th he attracttion but helping h in lighting g the inte erior also..  Central atrium a is acting a ass grand waiting w lob bby.

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 Wards have been n designe ed in the e form of vertical ttower, so o as to e the serv vices. minimize  Proper care c of th he cross ventilatio on and outward o vview has s been taken in designing g of the w ward.  Intermed diate serv vice floor is a goo od approa ach to de eal with service s problemss.  Similar fu unctional areas so orted outt & placed at speccified pla aces in the hospital .

CON NCLUSION The hospital shows how w good fa acilities and a state of the arrt technologies, ers beside es its con ntroversia al aspects. We ca an also sa ay that Attracct the use ,”Apolllo hospittal create ed a bencch mark for f others s to follow w its footmark”. Apollo o Delhi iss strategically loca ated on NH-2(Ma N thura Ro oad) keep ping in view o of the ussers coming from Delhi,(Fa aridabad and Noiida) N.C..R., its locatio on make es it eas sily acce essible to o the su urroundin ng vicinitty. It’s sandw wiched service s floor betw ween IP PD and clinical zzones provide p excellent servvices wiithout fa ailing on nes. Different de epartmen nt are buted on several floor in m most sus stainable way with h providin ng the distrib best ssolution to t its end d users. The waste mana agement departm ment is one o of the besst in indu ustry , in n managing the biomedica b al and orrdinary waste e.

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