The Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi is the largest corporate hospital in India and fourth largest in the world. It has 652 beds including 138 ICU beds across 14 operation theaters within its 675,000 square foot built up area. The hospital aims to reduce the complexity of such a large institutional space. It houses departments for general OPD services, emergency, medicine, surgery, dentistry, obstetrics/gynecology and more. The inpatient wards are placed above the clinical zones and utilize colors/patterns to feel more like home. The large atrium in the outpatient department provides light and a street-like atmosphere. Medical facilities prioritize flexibility with engineering plants between wards and clinical areas below.

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Largest corporate hospital in India
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•This modern edifice aims to break down the complexity normally inherent in such large
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2. I INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL
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•Situated on Oelhi-Mathura Highway
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DEPARTMENTS OF
HOSPITAL •Orthopaedics •Eye care
•General OPD services
•Paediatrics •Physiotherapy
*Emergency department
*General medicine •Psychiatry •Community medicine
D *General surgery
•Tuberculosis and •Forensic medicine
E *Dentistry
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P For the in-patient wards, several criteria had to be satisfied : provision of cross-ventilation
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O floors progress, the configuration for the hierarchy of the rooms to get established.
The in-patient wards are grouped reassuringly around a central nurse's station and are
placed above the clinical zone in the podium. Throughout the complex the aim has been to
de-institutionalize the spaces by the use of bold, vibrant colours and patterns , thereby,
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N The concept for the OPD generated from the need to accommodate the people who
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The less complex out-patient department is separated by a pedestrian atrium space
from the complex acute care, diagnostic and in-patient areas. The large atrium serves
to enliven the environment and provide a street-like atmosphere from within which the
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D For the medical facilities, the key-word was to have flexibility. Sandwiched between the
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P clinical zone consisting of the diagnostic and the 'acute-care' areas were placed with the
R operation theaters and housed within deep-spanned, podium floor, sitting atop a double
A basement housing the complex support zone consisting of the various services.
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S Entry of the hospital is through 3 gates namely Gate 1, Gate 2, and Gate 3.
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A and staff entry leading to the main building block and finally to the service yard
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O *Grand atrium which acts as waiting hall gives street like
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O *Proper care of the cross ventilation and outward view has been
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*Proper services are laid out
*W ards are designed in the towers to minimize services
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D *Gives hotel like appearance.
E *Tower like structure not recommended for area lying in
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