SVP Hospital or Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Sciences and Research is a public hospital and medical college in Ahmedabad, India. It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on 17 January 2019. The building, consisting of 17 floors, a ground floor, and two basements, was built at a cost of 750 crores by Amdavad Municipal Corporation.[1][2]
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Sciences and Research | |
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AMC-Medical Education Trust | |
Location in Ahmedabad, Gujarat SVP Hospital (Gujarat) | |
Geography | |
Location | Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
Coordinates | 23°01′09.8″N 72°34′18.0″E / 23.019389°N 72.571667°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Government |
Type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 1500 |
History | |
Opened | 17 January 2019 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in India |
The construction of a new multi-specialty hospital was proposed in 2013 under the Chief Minister's Swarnim Shaheri Vikas Yojna with funding of Rs. 331 crore.[3][4] The proposed location was next to the existing VS Hospital.[citation needed]
The hospital features 1,500 beds, 32 operation theaters, 139 ICU beds, 90 consultation rooms, and a helipad for the air ambulance.[5] The hospital utilizes a pneumatic tube system to send samples to laboratories in seconds. It has colleges of physiotherapy, medicine, and nursing.