This document discusses the process of planning and designing a new hospital. It explains that hospital planning requires studying the needs of the local community, conducting a market survey, and assembling an interdisciplinary planning team. The planning process includes determining the hospital classification and ownership model, developing guiding principles, creating a financial plan, selecting a site, and planning the interior spaces, equipment, and distribution of beds across clinical departments. The document provides details on each step of the hospital planning and design process.