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The construction work progresses near Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi. Various men and women are engaged as the laborers in the construction work. A man unloads brick from the cart. Another laborer dugs out soil standing in deep water. Meanwhile, the veiled women watch over. Safdarjang Hospital is a 1600 bed multi-specialty hospital, one of the largest government hospitals in India. It is located in New Delhi on the Ring Road, right opposite the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Until the inception of All India Institute of Medical Science in 1956, Safdarjung Hospital was the only tertiary care hospital in South Delhi.. In 1962, it became a center of training and teaching of Post-graduate students of the University of Delhi. From 1973 to 1990, the hospital and its faculty w