Officials said an advance of 10% of the initial estimate would be released to the CPWD after getting administrative approval on its final design plan.
Ten percent of funds will be released upon awarding the tender. The project will be executed under Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode of contract. CPWD will submit quarterly progress reports to the Health Department.
Demolition of old civil Hospital The building constructed five decades ago in Civil Lines has been completed.
“We held a meeting with the CPWD members on Wednesday and asked them to start the architectural drawing and survey of the area. We will release the funds after approval of the design and plan,” said Virendra Yadav, C. MO Gurgaon said.
According to the MoU, the defect liability period for the project will be taken as two years from the date of handover to the health department or the date of completion of the building by the contractor, whichever is earlier. “During this period the contractor will repair the damage to the building at his own cost,” the MoU reads.
The hospital should have capacity. 700 beds, a CT-MRI unit, departments of radiology and oncology, specialized sections for nebulization and immunization, microbiology, clinical pathology, and molecular and biochemistry units. Apart from the hematology unit, there will also be a laboratory for blood group serology and a transfusion centre.
The hospital will replace the old civil hospital where six cases of roof collapse were recorded in 2015 and 2016.
In 2015, after the roof of the maternity ward collapsed three times, the authorities decided to shift the ward to Sector 10 General Hospital and renovate it. A year later, the roof of the ICU ward also collapsed, saving hospital staff and patients.
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