*Area to be defined by students based on their readings and research

Type A PHC: Type B PHC:

PHC with delivery PHC with
Departments Type of space
load of less than delivery load of
20 deliveries in a 20 or more
A Main Entrance & outpatient department
Main drop off/ pick up should provide for proper rain protection of 2 cars at least
stretcher & Wheelchair parking provide an alcove closer to main entrance for parking these (rain protected)
Reception 1 reception desk with one staff only; closer to main entrance
waiting seats 40 seats 60 seating along with clear circulation and other amenities as listed for PHCs
should have at least 2 counters with queuing area; counters for billing will be
registration and billing accessed from this room
Back office 1 a small room leading to billing counter; can have one desk for support staff

Ayush MO 1 consulting and exam.

MBBS MO 1 2 consulting and exam.
Ayush drug dispensing 1
Cold chain room 1 should have 2 bricks thick wall
Immunization 1
Dressing (treatment) room 1
Clean utility 1
Dirty utility 1
Toilet for doctors 1 2
Staff toi 2 2
Drinking water point 1
toilet block for public (male)
toilet block for public (female) as per NBC (consider 50-50 ratio)

B Emergency (ER)
ER drop off/ pick up should provide for proper cover of one ambulance
ER stretcher & Wheelchair parking provide an alcove closer to main entrance for parking these (rain protected)
Reception (billing)
Desk for constable
Relative's waiting area
Examination room 1 should have a wash basin
Treatment room 1 can be used for resuscitation
Trolley bay
Body hold area 1
Observation bed - male 3 multi bed ward; between 2 beds have a distance of 1.2m, between wall to bed
Observation bed - female 3 maintain at least 0.9m and for internal passage consider 1.5 m clear
Obs - Nurse station control desk with back counter (with wash basin)
Clean Utility for Obs. Beds 1
Dirty Utility for Obs. Beds 1
On call room with attached toilet 1 Duty doctor resting room with bed
Staff room 1 should seat 5 (max.)
Pantry
toilet block - obs Male privacy needed from other public spaces
shower 1
WC (with wash basin) 1
toilet block - obs Female privacy needed from other public spaces
shower 1
WC (with wash basin) 1
Staff toilet (M/F)
Ambulance driver's room with toilet 1

C OT complex *in PHCs this should be closely connected to ER and delivery rooms
take size of a minor OT; 2m door will be located at the centre of room (should
Operation theatre 1 maintain 4.5m as minimum width of room)
Plaster wash 1 room adjoining OT
Anaesthesia bay 1 one bed space in clean corridor with 1.2 m on both sides
Shoe change 1 Pass through leading to change rooms
Change room with lockers (M) 1 pass through leading to clean corridor
Change room with lockers (F) 1
Can be part of sterile corridor but suitably away from OT door (should be closer
Scrub area 1 to door leading into sterile corridor
Sterilised supply store 1 one window for supply issue in sterilised corridor; part of clean corridor
Clean Utility Clean corridor
Staff room sofa seating for nursing team
Doctor's room one desk space (for anaesthetist with sofa seating for 4 surgeons)
OT in charge small office
Pre-op
P. toilet adjoining Pre-op
Recovery
Dirty corridor
connected to dirty corridor; garbage will be collected from her and taken to
Dirty Utility respective bin area
Housekeeping
D Maternity
passthrough leading to labour and delivery rooms; sufficiently wide to allow for
Shoe change and gowning 1 bed movement
Discussion room 1 before labour room
Labour room 1 2 bed spaces
delivery room - Septic 1
delivery room - Aseptic 1
Baby wash area 2 1 each as part of delivery unit
Baby corner 2 1 each as part of delivery unit; should be 20 to 30 Sq. Ft. as per IPHS
Clean Utility 1
Patient toilet 1 closer to labour room
Staff toilet 2 can be unisex
Pantry closer to labour room
Dirty Utility this will be used for dirty linens and other waste generated in unit
Housekeeping this will have wash area for mops & storage of clean supplies etc.

should be on periphery of OT complex; will issue content to OT through a

E Sterilisation window located in clean corridor of OT
shoe change 1 this will be passthrough leading to change rooms
Change room with lockers - M 1 pass through leading to clean corridor
Change room with lockers - F 1
Autoclave 1 accessible only from clean corridor; will lead to flash steriliser room
Flash steriliser and store 1 this will have 2 issue windows; one for other units and one into OT

F Pathology Lab
Lab 3.8 m x 2.7 m mentioned in IPHS
connecting door to lab; should allow for a space for supplies with hand basin,
sample collection room table for technician and couple of chairs for blood sample collection
Toilet - M for sample collection
Toilet - F for sample collection

G Administration
consider open space with a PHC in charge office; this can be located anywhere
Administration 1 in premises. This will be for both mainstream as well as Ayush
Records room 1 Store room for patient files etc
Toi - Admin unit check whether this is can be common with other staff toilets
Staff room 1 mainly for nurses as doctor's can use consulting room as their office
Pantry 1

H Services
should be close to OT & server room, with one external face for fresh air intake
AC room for OT & server room 1 (exhaust will be ducted and released above the terrace level)
Electrical meter room 1
Server room
large to receive all kinds of goods needed for PHC along with desk for a clerk to
Receiving room note down receivables as well as weigh
Clean linen room
General store
Pharmacy store will have Ayush too
Instruments store
Dirty linen room 1 closer to service yard and entry for class D staff (not part of garbage yard)
consider one room with a commercial washer and dryer; no large scale facility -
Laundry room 1 this can be outsourced
Should be a room with external wall, suitably ventilated; service entry needed
Gas room for gas supply
closer to back door (entrance for class D staff) so that service vehicle can be
Service yard parked here
Staff room for Class D 1
Toilet for Class D - M 1 consider Indian WC
Toilet for Class D - F 1 consider Indian WC
Water tanks (UG and OHT)
Pump room & Water treatment plant
Garbage collection room - wet & dry can be located as stand alone structure with yard so that pick up vehicle can be
Garbage collection room - bio medical parked. Provide rain protection for pick up vehicle
D G yard
I Amenities
Pharmacy 1 1 should have store front accessible by general public too
Pharmacy store optional optional Support spaces for additional supply (part of pharmacy)
ATM optional optional
Consumables store optional optional small shop which can sell general goods like a convenience store
consider a small joint like Upahara joints (front area for dining & hand wash;
back of house - kitchen, store, LPG store etc.). External access will be nice idea.
Cafeteria Can be stand alone

J Ancillary space should be accessible from outside too

Multipurpose hall
Store
semi-open space (break out space)
toilet block for public (male)
toilet block for public (female)
1 1 closed space; can be used as training room for 30P
1 attached to hall
1 1
this can be suitably clubbed with OPD's public toilet block
K Residential optional