Delhi:
Safdarjung Hospital has become the first government hospital in the city to have closed-circuit television camera surveillance of its premises to thwart possible terror attacks and criminal activities.
As many as 150 CCTV cameras have been installed in the wards, out patients department, operation theatre and other areas of the hospital. One monitoring panel has been put up in the medical superintendent's room and a second at another place.
"We have installed a total of 150 CCTV cameras in different areas inside the hospital premises. These got functional from June 1 and we are the first to have it. The objective behind installing them is to have better surveillance and monitoring of the activities happening in the hospital and keep a constant tab on the the flow of patients," Medical Superintendent Dr N K Mohanty said.