CIVIL HOSPITAL,
MUKTSAR, PUNJAB
Architect:
Sarbjit Singh Bahga, Chandigarh
The design approach encompasses
the fragmentation of the entire scope of work into a number of independent
units, which are made to serve their requisite functions. These units are
closely knit together around a central court, which acts as patients' outdoor
activity area, and ensures adequate cross-ventilation in all the units arranged
around it. Being enclosed from all sides, this court affords mutual shading
throughout the day, and thus offers a cool ambience in an otherwise hot and
arid climate of the region, which lasts seven-to-eight months a year. A raised
circular lawn of 40-feet diameter, together with pucca seating and stone paving around it, add to the unique charm
of the central court.
The hospital complex has been
provided with two entries for effective bifurcation of patients' flow. The
south-east entry is planned for out-patient department (OPD) and emergency wing,
while the south-west entry is exclusively for maternity/paediatric wings and
wards. Various blocks serving different functions are juxtaposed judiciously
keeping in view their interrelationship with other blocks. All the blocks are
well connected through spacious link-corridors, which lend unified oneness to
the complex.
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