Monitoring Tools for Setting up the Hospital Project Initial Planning, Building and Equipment

The hospital buildings are one of the most complex buildings/projects to plan, design, build, and operate. Hospital project planning involves site selection, Detailed Project Report (DPR) preparation, feasibility studies, room planning, hospital building zoning, and construction.

This book provides in-depth knowledge and synchronization of the operational policies, licensing, services, equipment procurement, workforce recruitment, and establishing the set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) before the start of hospital operations.

This book helps enlighten site engineers and various in-charges to plan their hospital projects efficiently, completing all the jobs and activities well in time. This book narrates all the relevant issues and details about the hospital planning and construction activities in a tabular form and explains each activity extensively. Moreover, the tables provided in the book will also help the planners and executors assess the activity's progress and the person responsible for it.

The key feature of the book is a very easily understandable English language that provides the best understanding to the students of Hospital Management, Para Medical Sciences, Architecture, Site Engineers, Site Supervisors, Hospital Promoters, Planners, and Designers.

Chapter 1 Planning.- Chapter 2 Detailed Project Report (DPR) & Techno Commercial Feasibility Report (TCFR).- Chapter 3 Building Area Of The Hospital.- Chapter 4 Schematic Designing & Contract Documents.- Chapter 5 Civil Construction Works Of The Hospital Building.- Chapter 6 Electrical Works Of The Hospital Building.- Chapter 7 Water Supply And Drainage Works Of The Hospital Building.- Chapter 8 HVAC (Airconditioning) Works Of The Hospital Building.-  Chapter 9 Fire Safety Works Of The Hospital Building.- Chapter 10 ELV, ICT, IBMS And Information Technology Works Of The Hospital Building.- Chapter 11 Piped Medical Gas Supply System (MGPS) Of The Hospital Building.-  Chapter 12 Construction Works Outside The Main Building.- Chapter 13 Ancillary Activities & Implementation.- Chapter 14 Equipment Planning, Procurement And Management.- Chapter 15 Department-Wise Equipment Detailing.- Chapter 16 Manpower Planning, Hospital Committees & Staff Policies.- Chapter 17 Policies And Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

Ajay Garg has worked in healthcare planning, designing, and administration for the last three decades.

He has worked for about 28 years with hospitals like Narinder Mohan Hospital & Heart Centre, Ghaziabad; Jeevan Rekha Hospital, Kashipur; Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College, Moradabad, etc.

He has also completed various hospital projects like Krishna Hospital (Kashipur), Narayan Hospital (Rudrapur), Le-Crest Hospital (Vasundra, Ghaziabad), and TSM Medical College & Hospital (Lucknow) as a hospital consultant.

He recently published a book titled 'Manual of Hospital Planning and Designing' by M/s Springer Nature. This book is a complete manual in terms of planning and designing a hospital project, keeping in view the authors' personal experiences and global standards like JCI, etc. The contents of the book are helpful for the global audience.