CM Kejriwal directs clean-up of complaint-ridden Delhi govt hospital

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal responded to a man’s concern about the substandard state of one of the largest government hospitals in Delhi.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday directed Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj to visit a city government-run hospital in east Delhi and take corrective steps to improve amenities at the facility.

The chief minister shared this in a post on X, in response to a post made late Tuesday night by a user alleging insanitary conditions in the toilets of GTB Hospital.

“Delhi’s sick hospital—toilets are overflowing, full of filth—this is how the hospitals of Delhi are, the picture is of the largest GTB hospital across Yamuna, where patients, attendants, and staff have to pass by a toilet with a cloth over their mouths. The cleanliness system in the hospital is zero,” the user alleged in the post, along with a photograph.

Kejriwal on Wednesday responded to the post on X. “I have directed the health minister to visit the hospital today along with senior officials and take corrective steps,” he wrote.

The AAP government said that 11 new hospitals will add more than 10,000 beds to Delhi’s health infrastructure and that these hospitals will boost the health infrastructure of Delhi, and lakhs of Delhiites will be able to take advantage of it.