Lok Nayak Hospital
Lok Nayak Hospital, formerly known as Irwin Hospital till November 1977, then changed to Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash Hospital in the honour of Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian independence activist and politician. It is maintained and run by the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Delhi.
History
The history of Lok Nayak Hospital traces back to British India when the Central Jail Complex was converted into a hospital under the then Viceroy of India Lord Irwin. Its foundation stone was laid on 10 January 1930 and under Lt. Col. Cruickshank in 1936 this Central Jail Complex was commissioned to Irwin Hospital.At that time, it was a 350-bed hospital, but after the 1947 independence of India, experienced a significant increase in demand for more beds as there was an influx of population in the form of refugees from neighbouring countries and states.
In November 1977, Irwin Hospital's name was changed to Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash Hospital, and again in 1989, the name was changed from Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash Hospital to Lok Nayak Hospital.