The new plan to establish dormitories for those accompanying patients admitted to Sion Hospital may become a turning point in the city’s public health sector.

“For now, in the first two phases, only 650 sq m on either side on each floor of the new ground-plus-14-storey building has been planned as the waiting area. At present, there is no dedicated area for the kin of patients; they sit in the passages or anywhere they can on the premises. This also increases the risk of infection for the patient,” said the Dean, Dr Pramod Ingale.