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Ongoing.
Ankleshwar, Gujarat.
Brownfield Hospital Transformation | Phased Expansion | Integrated Healthcare Campus
Jayaben Mody Hospital, Ankleshwar, was originally developed in 1996. By the time AMRD Corporation became involved in 2019, the hospital had been serving the region for more than two decades and was operating with infrastructure designed for an earlier generation of healthcare.
AMRD’s involvement began with the introduction of super-speciality oncology care. As the existing hospital, infrastructure and surrounding campus were studied in greater depth, the opportunity expanded beyond a single clinical addition.
What began as an oncology expansion gradually evolved into the transformation of the existing hospital and the development of an integrated healthcare campus.
Rather than replacing the existing hospital, the approach was to work with the structure already in use—upgrading it progressively while healthcare services continued to function.
Clinical departments were reorganised, infrastructure was modernised and available spaces were carefully reused to improve functionality and increase capacity.
Through the redevelopment, the existing hospital is being expanded from approximately 117 beds to 183 beds.
Major interventions include a 12-bed Emergency Department with burns and trauma care, an 8-bed Dialysis facility, Gynaecology & Obstetrics with Labour Room and Obstetric OT, a 3-OT surgical complex, a 14-bed ICU, NICU, upgraded inpatient areas, expanded CSSD, Pathology and Radiology including X-ray, CT and MRI, together with renovated OPD, billing and patient-support areas.
The challenge was not simply to add new departments, but to integrate contemporary healthcare planning, medical technology and engineering systems into an ageing building without interrupting ongoing hospital operations.
One of the defining aspects of the project has been the redevelopment of an operational hospital.
Architecture, structure, MEP services, medical planning, equipment requirements and hospital operations had to be continuously coordinated so that construction could proceed without compromising patient care, emergency access or day-to-day hospital functioning.
This phased approach allowed the hospital to continue serving the community while the existing building and surrounding campus were systematically transformed.
As the existing hospital evolved, the surrounding campus also needed to develop as one connected healthcare environment.
New facilities could not be planned as isolated buildings. Their relationship with the existing hospital, emergency services, diagnostics, staff circulation, parking, utilities and future expansion had to be considered together.
The evolving campus therefore incorporates the New Super-Speciality Hospital, Advanced Oncology facilities, BMT Centre, Doctors’ Quarters, staff accommodation, dormitory and supporting healthcare infrastructure.
Facilities such as the canteen, pharmacy, Eye Bank, Skin Bank and administration areas are also being integrated into the larger healthcare ecosystem.
The project was never conceived as a fixed masterplan completed at one point in time.
From 2019 to 2027, each phase has responded to an immediate healthcare requirement while also preparing the campus for future needs.
The new Super-Speciality Hospital is being planned with provision for future vertical expansion, allowing additional clinical capacity to be introduced as healthcare demand grows.
At the same time, roads, parking, emergency access, staff movement, engineering services, medical gases, power, water and other infrastructure are being progressively strengthened to support the campus as a whole rather than individual buildings.
The expansion also created an opportunity to improve the campus beyond its clinical infrastructure.
The development incorporates Miyawaki plantation, additional green areas, recharge borewells, solar infrastructure and solar lighting, together with improved parking and safer vehicular movement.
New buildings are also being planned with greater use of natural daylight, passive environmental strategies and reduced heat gain.
What began in 2019 with super-speciality oncology care has grown into an integrated healthcare campus of more than 250 beds.
The transformation has been achieved not by starting over, but by recognising the potential of what already existed—renewing the old hospital, extending its useful life, introducing new clinical capabilities and carefully adding the infrastructure required for future growth.
For AMRD Corporation, Jayaben Mody Hospital represents more than a renovation or a collection of new buildings.
It is a continuing exercise in healthcare master planning—bringing together existing and new architecture, clinical planning, infrastructure, circulation, sustainability and future expansion as one connected healthcare environment.
Strengthening what already exists.
Planning around uninterrupted care.
One hospital evolving into one integrated healthcare campus.