HOSPITALS get built from scratch in record time in emergencies, it is known. But what about turning around an ageing and neglected government hospital in the middle of a pandemic? How difficult or easy is that? Ask Dr Suresh Kumar, 57, who led the transformation of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital in Delhi in a matter of weeks even as it was flooded with COVID-19 cases.
Dr Kumar went from being nodal officer of the special task force on COVID-19 to taking on the mantle of medical director of the LNJP Hospital. Earlier, he was. . .
