Healthcare Scenario of Patna
Overview
Patna, historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar. It is also the 19th most populated city in the country and serves as the seat of Patna Hight Court.
Demographics
Population of Patna as of 2022 is estimated at 72 lakh with 38 lakh Males and 34 lakh Females. The Literacy rate of Patna is 83.37% with Male Literacy rate 87% and female literacy rate at 80%. The sex ratio of Patna is 897 females per 1000 males.
As per States 16th Economic Survey, Patna’s per capita income is 131.1 thousand. Patna is the 21st fastest growing city in the world and 5th fastest growing city in India.
Vulnerabilities
Patna lies in zone IV of the earthquake zones, which is a high-risk zone. Therefore, the development controls in the area requires earthquake resistant buildings. Patna also falls in the risk zone for floods. Because of which, a series of bund/embankments have been constructed along the River Punpun to control the floodwaters. Apart from being flood prone, Patna is also at risk of cyclones as it lies in the wind high damage risk zone.
Connectivity
Airport
Patna airport – Lok Nayak Jayaprakask Airport.
Patna has an excellent air connection to many important cities in the country like, Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata.
Railway
Patna is served by several railway stations located in different areas of the city. The Patna Junction railway station is the main railway station of the city, and is one of the busiest railway stations in India.
Road
The city is served by several major road highways and state highways, including National Highways. Recently in 2020, the road connectivity in Patna received a major boost under the PM package of Rs 14,248 crore for road connectivity in Bihar. Under this, a six-lane ring road project of 39km from Ramnagar to Kanhauli and a paralled bridge to mahatma Gandhi setu was finalized.
Mahatma Gandhi Setu (built 1982) is located in Patna which connects the city to Hajipur across the Ganga. It is the third longest river bridge in India.
Major Corporates in Patna
ICICI Bank
Bharti Airtel
National Thermal Power
State Bank of India
Wipro
Nestle
Tata Motors
Growth Plan of City
Mega Expansion
The Master Plan unveiled by the Patna Regional Development Authority (PRDA) for a “big and beautiful Patna”. The city would be spread over 1,167 sq. km against the existing 250 sq km. Over 600 sq. km area has been marked as urban area, which includes setting up of two satellite towns to cater to urbanisation and population growth in the next two decades.
Healthcare Scenario of Patna
Healthcare scenario in Patna district is quite unsatisfactory as of now. The situation refers to urban areas having poor health infrastructure due to lack of manpower, lack of specialists at PHCs and block level which forces people to go to private clinics, and inadequate number of ANMs at PHCs and HSCs. The other weakness was lack of transport facility in rural areas and high rate of illiteracy, which was reflected in their reluctance to go for institutionalised delivery and immunization
Major Government Hospital in Patna
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna is one of the best Government Hospitals in Patna, established in 2012. AIIMS-P is the second best medical college and hospital system in India.
Nalanda Medical College & Hospital
Nalanda Medical College & Hospital is surely one of the top government hospitals in Patna. NMCH is a major hub for treatment of all specialty in eastern Patna, taking care of approximately 2000 patient per day in OPD. The hospital has about 750 beds with a very high percentage of bed occupancy.
Indira Ghandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
IGIMS is one of the best government hospitals in Patna. It was established on 19th November 1983. The objective was to provide super specialty medical facilities in Bihar. It is a 1000 bedded facility.
Patna Medical College & Hospital
Patna Medical College and Hospital (abbreviated PMCH) was established in 1925 and originally adressed as Prince of Wales Medical College. It boasts of more than 1748 beds. The emergency dept.is called IGCE (Indira Gandhi Central Emergency), and has 220 beds which are located in a separate building in the campus. These are not included in the 1748 bed counts of hospital which makes it one of the busiest hospital of state and in India with bed count of around 2000.The average daily outdoor patients is one of the highest in India. It is one of the best general hospitals in the country.
Major Private Hospitals in Patna
Ford Hospital and Research Center
Ford Hospital was established in August 2010. It has provided people with finest health-care services with a capacity of 105 beds . Equipped with advanced technology and services, it also serves the best team of doctors and Staff that fosters quality care.
Jagdish Memorial Hospital
With 150 beds, it is a unique multispeciality hospital which stands as one of the best hospital in Patna. It has over 28 ICUs beds and state of the art technologies.
Paras Healthcare
It is a 350 bedded multispeciality tertiary care hospital. The hospital provides with the hi-tech latest infrastructure and equipments, offering clinical services in the fields of Oncology, cardiac sciences, Neurosciences, Orthopaedics & joint replacement, and Nephrology.
Shri Sai Hospital
Established in 2012, it has now become one of the respectable hospital of a state in a short span of time.
Single Speciality Hospitals in Patna
Rajendra Nagar Government Hospital
Rajendera Nagar Government Hospital is a super speciality government hospital. Rajendera Nagar Government Hospital specialises in eye care and provide the best eye care services in Patna. With all the modern technologies in eye care and experienced doctors, it is one of the best eye care hospital in Patna.
Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan Ortho Hospital
LNJP Orthopaedic Hospital is one of the best government hospitals in Patna for orthopedic care. Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan Hospital, Rajbanshi nagar was an urban PHC under civil surgeon , Patna. This Hospital was transformed in to Orthopedic Centre by the Government and is now known as LNJP ortho Hospital.
New Gardiner Road Hospital
New Gardiner Road Hospital in Patna caters for the facility of dialysis. It is a boon to many patients who don’t have that much money to afford this facility at a private hospital.
Heart Hospital
Established in1994, is a super speciality centre in the field of Cardiology. It is a CGHS, ECHS and Govt. Of Bihar recognized, ISO-9001 certified hospital and under the process of NABH Accreditation.
Diagnostic Centres in Patna
Gitanjli Pathology Diagnostics
Established in 1996, Gitanjali diagnostics got its first ISO 9001 certification in Laboratory Services in Eastern India.
Maxlife Diagnostic and Research Center
Maxlife Diagnostic & Research Centre is a unit of Ramanand Helath Care Pvt. Ltd. It is a well facilitated diagnostic center that provides state-of-art services to people of the state of Bihar and other adjoining regions.
Bihar Neurodiagnostic Centre
Established in 2008, it provides diagnostic and therapeutic services for patients with disorders of the nervous system.
SRL Diagnostic
SRL is the largest diagnostics company in India having an impressive ‘Reach’, providing superior quality diagnostic services to its customers through a very efficient network of labs and collection points.
Drain Area
- Danapur
- Khagaui
- Punpun
- Maner
- Bihta
Conclusion
Patna is the 19th most populous city in the country and caters to a very large population. Considering these facts, the healthcare infrastructure of the city lacks man-power and specialities with inadequate transportation facilities in rural areas proves the unsatisfactory healthcare scenario in the city. This opens the gate for the hospitals with advance and latest technologies that provides good and best quality services to the people of the city at affordable cost.
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