BookAjay Garg, Anil Dewan.
Summary: 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.
Contents:
Section one - Hospital planning: phases of hospital planning and designing
Inception of the idea
Factors assessing feasibility of the hospital planning
Preparation of detailed project report (dpr) and techno-commercial feasibility report (tcfr) for hospital
Site selection for hospital
General issues to be considered while designing hospital building
Area requirement & planning
Section two - Schematic design of hospital: schematic design
Effects of covid-19 on the design of the hospital
Site plan
Detailed engineering drawings
Section three - Construction documents
Preparation of construction documents
Section four - Design & development
Designing details of department or spaces of the hospital
Design of the main entrance gate to the hospital
Entrance lobby of the hospital
Emergency services
Outpatient department
Intensive care units
Operation theatre suite
Delivery room / labor room
Intermediate care area (patient rooms)
Radiology
Clinical laboratories
Blood bank
Other investigation & procedures
Radiation therapy
Rehabilitation & allied health therapies
Pharmacy unit
Central sterilization supply department
Piped medical gas supply system (mgps)
Hospital kitchen
Laundry
Medical record department (mrd)
Mortuary
Administration area
Stores in the hospital
Engineering & maintenance unit
Section five - Mep planning & designing
Hvac (air-conditioning) system
Electrical services
Elv, ict and ibms services
Information technology & computerization
Water supply & drainage system
Vertical transportation system
Pneumatic tube systems (pts)
Signage system
Bio-medical waste management
Fire safety
Green hospitals
Section six - Equipment planning.