Rajnath Singh approves construction of modern multi-specialty Command Hospital in Lucknow for the Armed Forces

Rajnath Singh, on December 22, 2022, approved construction of a modern multi-specialty Command Hospital in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh for the Armed Forces. The Command Hospital will be a green field multi-storeyed Hospital for provision of technical accommodation for 780 in-patient beds along with 100 crisis expansion beds to cater for an urgent eventuality.

The existing Command Hospital Lucknow is among the busiest Hospitals of the Armed Forces which is a tertiary care referral hospital for 22 Military Hospitals, two Air Force Hospitals and 109 Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) polyclinics. It caters for more than 3.5 lakh dependent clientele spread over six states of Central India as well as Nepal. The Hospital receives nearly 2,000 OPD patients and 40-50 emergencies on regular basis. The bed occupancy of the Hospital invariably exceeds 80%. Besides being a tertiary care center for all super specialties of medicines and surgery, the Hospital has a large Malignant Disease Treatment Centre (MDTC) for oncology patients. The Hospital also trains interns, Post Graduate trainees, MNS cadets and the Nursing Assistants.