India, Sept. 17 -- The Delhi Cabinet has approved construction of a 250-bed Super-Speciality-cum-Trauma Block at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in Dilshad Garden, East Delhi, for '244.87 crore, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced.

The seven-storey block will be built within GTB Hospital's existing campus, eliminating the need for additional land purchase, and will come up under Phase-IV of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

The Chief Minister said GTB Hospital remains the only major Government hospital in East Delhi and continues to face a heavy patient load, with almost all its beds occupied at any given time.

She said this made it necessary to expand modern trauma facilities for accident victims and critical emergency c...