APOLLO HOSPITAL,
NEW DELHI CASE
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A Area, 6,75,000 sq. ft.
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A Largest corporate hospital in India
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H •652 beds including 138 ICU beds
A •14 Operation Theatres
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P •Built up area of 675,000 sq. ft.
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L •This modern edifice aims to break down the complexity normally inherent in such large
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I INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL
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•Situated on Oelhi-Mathura Highway
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MASTER PLAN
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•Situated on Oelhi-Mathura Highway
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DEPARTMENTS OF HOSPITAL
E •General OPD services •Orthopaedics •Eye care
L *Emergency department •Paediatrics •Physiotherapy
H *General medicine
I *General surgery •Psychiatry •Community medicine
*Dentistry •Tuberculosis and •Forensic medicine
*ENT respiratory diseases
*Obstetrics and Gynaecology
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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For the in-patient wards, several criteria had to be satisfied : provision of cross-ventilation in
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every room; every bed to have a view of the outside; a minimum walking distance from the
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nurses station to the rooms and also allowing a sense of visual check; flexibility for the future
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so that any floor could be converted from wards to rooms and vice-versa : as the floors
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progress, the configuration for the hierarchy of the rooms to get established.
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I institutionalize the spaces by the use of bold, vibrant colours and patterns , thereby, creating
a cheerful atmosphere and a feeling of home away from home.
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E The less complex out-patient department is separated by a pedestrian atrium space
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D For the medical facilities, the key-word was to have flexibility. Sandwiched between the in-
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P zone consisting of the diagnostic and the 'acute-care' areas were placed with the operation
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A housing the complex support zone consisting of the various services.
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Entry of the hospital is through 3 gates namely Gate 1, Gate 2, and Gate 3.
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Gate 1 is the main entry leading to OPO and parking area whereas gate 2 is
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exit gate opening to the red lights. Gate 3 is service entry serving as doctors
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and staff entry leading to the main building block and finally to the service yard
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from the ramp to the base.
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L *Grand atrium which acts as waiting hall gives street like
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O *Overall circulation is reduced with the help of atrium.
D *Proper care of the cross ventilation and outward view has been
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L *Wards are designed in the towers to minimize services
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*Gives hotel like appearance.
*Tower like structure not recommended for area lying in earthquake
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• Public areas are clad with marble and floors of marble or tile, kota and granite tilles, ceiling of gypsum
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R • External walls are clad with glass tiles and stone to give pattern and maintenance free.
A • Use of structural glazing.
P • Fiber glass and polycarbonate used for roofing and light wells.
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S • A very new approach in hospital designing besides criticized for its hotel like look.
• The grand atrium not only acting as source of attraction but helping in lighting the interior also.
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• Central atrium is acting as grand waiting lobby.
H • Wards have been designed as vertical tower , so as to minimize the services.
A • Proper care of outdoor view and cross ventilation has been taken in designing the wars.
A • Intermediate service floor is a good approach to deal with service problems.
P • Similar functional areas sorted out an placed in specified places in the hospital.
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CONCLUSION
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• The hospital shows how good facilities and state of art technologies attract the users besides its
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E • Apollo hospital is strategically located on NH-2 Mathura road keeping in view of the users coming from
L delhi, NCR, its location makes it easily available for surrounding vicinity.
H • Different departments are distributed on several floor in most sustainable way with providing the best
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• The waste management department is one of the best in industry in managing the biomedical and ordinary
waste.
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