INTRODUCTION

 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE

APOLLO HOSPITALS GROUP,
SPS APOLLO HOSPITAL IS A
STATE-OF-THE-ART 350-
BEDDED MULTI-SPECIALTY
HOSPITAL.
 THE FORMULATION OF THE
CONCEPT OF SPS APOLLO
HOSPITAL, LUDHIANA WAS
INSPIRED AND BACKED BY
SATGURU JAGJIT SINGHJI.
THE HOSPITAL WAS
COMMISSIONED ON 28TH
MARCH, 2005.
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Entrance
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Extension A
Of M.H.C. entrance R
the Main Block K
hospital I
Emergency entrance
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Main Entrance

National Highway
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M.R.I.

Emergency

O.P.D.
SERVICE LIFTS, BIOMEDICAL
WASTE DISPOSAL AND
ELECTRICAL UNIT
SITE PLANNING
 A COMPACT DESIGN WITH MINIMUM
POSSIBLE CONNECTING DISTANCES
ADOPTED.
 SEGREGATED PARKING WHICH WAS
ACCESSIBLE FROM ALL FOUR SIDES.
 SEPARATE ENTRANCES FOR O.P.D.,
EMERGENCY AND MASTER HEALTH
CHECK.
 ONE OF THE FOUR CIRCULATION LEGS
WAS DEDICATED TO SERVICES.
 HOSTELS for DOCTORS ARE PROVIDED
AT REAR SIDE NEAR THE SERVICE
BLOCK.
 SURFACE AND BASEMENT PARKING FOR
VISITORS PROVIDED IN WEST OF SITE
 SEPARATE BASEMENT PARKING FOR
STAFF AND DOCTORS IS PROVIDED.
 PARKING
 GROUND PARKING = 15000 Sq.Ft
 BASEMENT PARKING FOR STAFF = 27000 Sq.Ft.
 BASEMENT PARKING FOR VISITORS = 10000 Sq.Ft

AREA STATEMENTS
 SITE AREA = 4 ACRES
 COVERED AREA = 45088 Sq.Ft.
 MAIN BUILDING = 55mX55m/ 180’4”X180’4”
 ATRIUM = 14mx14m/ 45’9”X45’9”
 SERVICE BLOCK = 56mX14m/ 183’7”X45’9”
 GRID = 7.2mx7.2m/ 24’X24’
 SHAFT (HVAC)
 SHAFT (PLUMBING) = 4’X2’
 WIDTH OF CORRIDOR = 8’
 TOTAL NUMBER OF BEDS = 350 BEDS
 OVERALL AREA ANALYSIS

35.07% CIRCULATION
31.23% IPD

1.7%
EMERGENCY

2.6% OT

6.3% OPD

6.1% TOILETS
16.9% SERVICES
 INTERNAL PLANNING
 TOTAL STOREY:9 AND BASEMENT-1
 HOUSE KEEPING CONCENTRATED ON 6TH FLOOR
 GENERAL AND SPECIAL WARDS PLANNED
AROUND THE ATRIUM.
 HIDDEN SHAFTS PROVIDED ON EVERY FLOOR FOR
PIPELINES. NO SEPARATE SERVICE FLOOR.
 ADMIN AREA ON 8TH FLOOR
 PARKING WAS THE MAIN FIRE ASSEMBLY POINT.
 EACH FLOOR HAS ITS OWN CASH COUNTER AND
WAITING AREA.
CIRCULATION
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION: - THROUGH CORRIDORS
WIDTH OF THE CORRIDORS RUNNING IN THE HOSPITAL IS 8’

VERTICAL CIRCULATION:-
STAIR CASE
FIRE ESCAPES – 5
WIDTH-1400
TREAD-300
RISER-150

PUBLIC – 1
WIDTH-2000
TREAD-300
RISER-150

LIFTS:
STAFF – 1
VISITORS – 2
PATIENT LIFT -1
SERVICE – 2
EMERGENCY - 1
Service area

Visitor’s area
Corridors
Fire exit
 CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

Interventional Cardiology Critical Care Laboratories & Blood Bank Oncology

(Cancer treatment)

Orthopaedics & Joint Neurology, neurosurgery

Cardio Thoracic vascular Pediatric and Pediatric surgery
Replacement And Trauma Care
surgery

Nephrology & Urology Gastroenterology and

Radiology & Imaging
Ophthalmology Gastro intestinal surgery
Sciences
MORTUARY
 MORTUARY IS LOCATED
IN THE BASEMENT
PARKING, ALONG WITH
TWO-WHEELER PARKING
AND SPECIMEN
STORAGE AREA.
 AS PART OF SERVICES, A
WATER DRAINAGE TANK
WAS PROVIDED IN CASE
OF FLOODING IN THE
BASEMENT.
 LIGHTING AND VENTILATION
 THE CORRIDORS
HAD NO ACCESS
TO THE NATURAL
LIGHT. EVEN THE
NURSING UNITS
WERE LIT BY
ARTIFICIAL
Naturally lit atrium
LIGHTING.
 THE STAIRCASES
AND THE
PERIPHERAL
Artificially lit
CORRIDORS
internal corridor
WERE WELL-LIT
BY NATURAL Well lit peripheral
LIGHT. corridor
ELEVATIONAL FEATURES
•ELEVATION OF THE HOSPITAL IS ENHANCED BY
THE USE OF DARK GREEN TEXTURED PAINT WITH
CONTRASTING GREEN GLAZING WITH ALUMINUM
BANDS.
•ANOTHER FEATURE WHICH BRINGS BUILDING TO
NOTICE IS THE GLASS USED IN CURVILINEAR
FORM. Green textured paint with green glazing
•THE PIPES ALONG THE PARAPET RUNS ON ALL
SIDES OF THE BUILDING WHICH IS USED TO CLEAN
THE GLASS. THIS FEATURE ACTS TO THE INTEREST
OF THE HOSPITAL.
CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS
•FIRST CLASS BRICKS HAVE BEEN USED.
•FOR FALSE CEILING POP BOARDS HAVE BEEN
USED.
•THE RECEPTION LOBBY HAS BEEN ENHANCED BY
THE COMBINATION OF NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL Elevational
LIGHTING. features
•VERY INTERESTING FIBERGLASS DOME HAS
BEEN USED IN THE ATRIUM.
•ALUMINUM CHANNELS HAVE BEEN USED TO FIX
THE STRUCTURAL GLAZING.
FINISHES
•MARBLE WITH GREEN AND BROWN GRANITE
BORDERS HAVE BEEN USED TO DEFINE AREAS.
•THE DOORS USED ARE WOODEN FLUSH DOORS.
•THE WALLS HAVE BEEN PLASTERED AND Dome in the atrium
PAINTED. THE TILES ARE CLADDED ON THE WALL
TILL 3’ AND A WOODEN STRIP OF 6”WIDTH RUNS
OVER THE TILES WHICH ACTS AS STRETCHER.
 BUILDING SERVICES
SERVICE BLOCK IS 56MX14M.IT HAVE TWO FLOORS THAT IS G+1
GROUND FLOOR CONSIST OF:
ELECTRIC ROOM
GENERATOR ROOM
OXYGEN ROOM
HOT WATER GENERATOR

FIRST FLOOR CONSIST OF:

LAUNDRY
DINING ROOM
KITCHEN
CSSD (CENTRAL SURGICAL STERLIZING UNIT)

ALL THE SERVICES ARE CONNECTED TO MAIN BUILDING. THERE

IS A BRIDGE CONNECTED TO MAIN BLOCK AND SERVICE BLOCK.
 WATER SUPPLY:
• IN THE BUILDING THE MAIN WATER
SUPPLY IS TAKEN FROM PWD AND IS
STORED IN 8 UNDERGROUND AND 5
OVERHEAD WATER RESERVOIRS.
• IN THE UNDERGROUND TANKS, 4 ARE
FOR DOMESTIC SUPPLY, AND 4 FOR
THE FIRE FIGHTING. Over head water tanks
• IN THE OVERHEAD TANKS, FOUR ARE
FOR THE PLUMBING AND 1 FOR THE
FIRE FIGHTING.
• ALL THE WATER CARRYING PIPES
ARE G.I. PIPES AND IN THE O.T.S AND
I.C.U.S THE PIPES ARE OF PVC SO AS
TO MINIMIZE THE CHANCES OF ANY
LEAKAGE.
C.H.W. pipes
 SEWERAGE:
• THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNED ON THE
TWO PIPE SYSTEM AS RECOMMENDED IN
THE CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SOIL AND
WASTE PIPES.
• ALL THE SOIL, WASTE, VENT PIPES ARE
RUNNING IN THE VERTICAL SHAFTS.
• SOIL WASTE FROM TOILET, URINALS AND
BEDPAN WASHERS ETC. IS COLLECTED BY
HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SOIL PIPES AND
COLLECTED IN THE SUMP IN THE BASEMENT
WHERE AFTER TREATMENT IS DISCHARGED
• WASTE FROM WASH BASINS, KITCHEN SINK
ETC. IS COLLECTED SEPARATELY BY THE
WASTE PIPES AND FROM THE GULLY TRAPS
IT GOES INTO THE MANHOLES OF EXTERNAL
SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
• THE EXTERNAL SEWERAGE RUNS AROUND
THE BUILDING PERIPHERY HAVING
MANHOLES IN FRONT OF EACH SHAFT.
 ELECTRICITY:
• UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY.
• THE HOSPITAL HAS A BIG BACKUP
ALONG WITH FULL BACKUP
THROUGH TWO LARGE DIESEL
GENERATOR SETS.
• THERE IS AN ELECTRIC SUB
STATION AT THE SITE WITH A
TRANSFORMER.
• HIGH VOLTAGE LINES COME FROM
THE NEAREST POWER STATION
WHICH ARE THEN LOWERED ON THE
VOLTAGE BY THE STEP DOWN
TRANSFORMER THERE.
• FROM THIS SUB STATION,
ELECTRICITY IS TAKEN TO THE HT
PANEL ROOM. THE VOLTAGE IS
STEPPED DOWN TO 440 VOLTS AND
TAKEN TO THE LT PANEL ROOMS AT
DIFFERENT LEVELS FROM WHERE IT
IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE PARTS
ON THIS LEVEL.
 VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING:
• CENTRALLY AIR CONDITIONED.
• DUCTS ARE PROPERLY INSULATED TO AVOID SPREAD OF
ANY INFECTION.
• THE AC PLANT ROOM IS LOCATED ON THE
TERRACE.
• TEMPERATURE MAINTAINED IS 22 OC.
• HUMIDITY MAINTAINED IS 50-60%

 CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM CONSISTS OF:

• CHILLED WATER SUPPLY PLANT.
• AIR HANDLING UNITS ON EACH FLOOR CONNECTED TO
CHILLERS BY MEANS OF PIPES.
• DUCTING - SUPPLY AND RETURN - CONNECTING AHU WITH
THE AIR CONDITIONED SPACE.
• 3 CHILLERS, TWO ON GROUND FLOOR AND ONE ON
TERRACE.
• A.H.US HAVE BEEN GIVEN ON EACH FLOOR.
• COLOUR CODING HAS BEEN USED FOR THE VARIOUS
PIPELINES AND DUCTS.
• EXCEPT FOR THE BASEMENT ALL THE DUCTING AND PIPING
IS CONCEALED BENEATH THE FALSE CEILING.
• THE MAIN PLANT IS HOUSED IN THE ‘PLANT ROOM’ WHICH
IS LOCATED IN THE SERVICE BLOCK.
• THE PLANT ROOM CONSISTS OF EQUIPMENT SUCH AS
COMPRESSORS, CONDENSERS, PUMPS ETC.
 FIRE SAFETY OF HOSPITAL:
• FIRE DETECTION SYSTEMS
(SMOKE & HEAT DETECTORS),
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM

HAS BEEN INSTALLED

THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING
ON ALL THE FLOORS.
• FIRE EXIT ROUTES HAVE BEEN
PROVIDED.
• EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM HAS
MANUAL FIRE EXTINGUISHING
EQUIPMENTS , FIRE

HYDRANTS (AROUND
THE BUILDING PERIPHERY), WET
RISER SYSTEM AT SUITABLE

LOCATIONS IN THE
BUILDING, AUTOMATIC
SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
 MEDICAL GASES:
• IT HAS SEPARATE GAS BANK.
PIPE LINE START FROM GAS
PLANT & CARRIED OUT TILL
THE LAST
POINT
AT THE BEDSIDE. LAID ALONG
THE WALLS & OF DIFFERENT
COLORS. OUTLETS ARE 4FT TO

5FT6IN. ABOVE FLOOR LVL.

PROVIDED AT EVERY BED IN
ICU, EMERGENCY, POST
OPERATION,
RECOVERY
AND WARDS.
Waste Management
• HANDLING, SEGREGATION,
MUTILATION, DISINFECTION, STORAGE,
TRANSPORTATION AND FINAL DISPOSAL
ARE VITAL STEPS FOR SAFE AND
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF BIO-
MEDIAL WASTE IN ANY ESTABLISHMENT
.
• FOR MINIMIZATION AND EFFECTIVE
MANAGEMENT, BIOMEDICAL WASTE IS
SEGREGATED AND IDENTIFIED.
• TO IDENTIFY THE CATEGORIES OF
BIOMEDICAL WASTE, IT IS SORTED INTO
COLOUR CODED CONTAINERS.
• BIOMEDICAL WASTE TRANSPORTED
WITHIN THE HOSPITAL BY TROLLEYS,
CONTAINERS OR CARTS THAT ARE NOT
USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. THE
TROLLEYS ARE STERILIZED DAILY.
Shaft Provision
 SINCE, NO
SEPARATE FLOOR
HAS BEEN
PROVIDED FOR THE
SERVICING OF PIPES
THEREFORE THE
PIPELINES FOR
ELECTRIC SUPPLY,
WATER SUPPLY, FIRE
HYDRANT ETC. GO
THROUGH EVERY
FLOOR.
 BY NOT
COMPROMISING
WITH THE
AESTHETICS OF THE
HOSPITAL SHAFTS
(1MX1M) HAVE
BEEN PROVIDED AT
EACH FLOOR.
 BLINDS USED TO
HIDE THE SHAFT
OPENINGS ON THE
GROUND FLOOR.
INFRENCES
INFERENCES
•GROUND FLOOR HAS OPD, EMERGENCY & DIAGNOSTICS.
WARDS ARE PLACED ON THE UPPER FLOORS.
•SEPARATE ENTRY FOR OPD AND EMERGENCY DEPT.
• OPD, EMERGENCY & DIAGNOSTICS ARE IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER.
• SEPARATE PARKING OF AMBULANCE FOR EMERGENCY.
• IPD & DIAGNOSTICS HAVE A CLEAR & DISTINCT
CIRCULATION PATTERN.
• LESS GREEN AREA. The electrical supply room.
• NO SEPARATE CORRIDOR FOR STERILIZATION.
• ALL USED EQUIPMENTS ARE TAKEN IN TROLLEYS TO
DISINFECTANT ROOM.
•PUBLIC STAIRCASE NOT VISIBLE FROM MAIN
ENTRANCE.
•SEPARATE VISITORS LIFT CORE MAKING THE INNER
WARD COMPLETELY FREE OF VISITORS TRAFFIC.
•SEPARATE SERVICE CORE WITH SERVICE LIFTS AND
STAIRCASE
•COMPLETELY SEGREGATED O.T. ZONE WITH PROVISION
8 ft. wide corridors for easy
OF STERILIZATION CORRIDORS. circulation.
• SEPARATE AREA FOR MALE AND FEMALE LOCKERS
AND TOILETS.
• STERILIZED STORE ROOM FOR EQUIPMENT AND
SUPPLIES IN OT.
• THE WHOLE BUILDING IS CENTRALLY AIR
CONDITIONED.

• THE SERVICE STAIRCASE HAS ALSO BEEN PLACED

SUCH THAT IT CAN BE USED AS A FIRE ESCAPE
STAIRCASE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
• SPRINKLERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH SMOKE
AND HEAT DETECTORS AND HOSE-REELS IN PUBLIC
AREAS.
• PLANNING IS DONE IN SUCH A WAY THAT ALL THE
DEPARTMENTS ARE WELL SEGREGATED AND YET
KEPT TOGETHER.
• A HUGE CENTRAL ATRIUM GIVES A FEEL OF
OPENNESS TO THE CLOSELY KNIT DEPARTMENTS.
• NO SEPARATE ROAD ENTRY FOR THE EMERGENCY