Pavlov Hospital in Kolkata will add 200 beds and receive 79 new sanctioned posts after the state health department granted administrative approval for the expansion, according to a report by Sanmarg. The increase will take the government mental-health facility’s capacity from 250 to 450 beds.
The expansion has been approved in response to the rising number of patients and the need to strengthen treatment services at the hospital. The additional capacity is intended to allow more patients to be admitted and treated within the government system, while addressing the existing shortage of beds.
The 79 sanctioned posts include three specialist medical officers, 65 staff nurses, five pharmacists, two storekeepers, two lower-division clerks and two ambulance drivers. The staffing structure covers clinical care, nursing, medicines, hospital stores, administration and patient transport.
The new appointments are expected to support the hospital’s expanded capacity. The approval specifically includes medical and nursing positions, which are central to operating additional inpatient beds, as well as pharmacy, records, stores and ambulance services. The stated objective is to strengthen health services and improve facilities available to patients.
Pavlov Hospital is an important centre for mental-health treatment within Kolkata’s public healthcare network. Its expansion will increase the number of beds available to people requiring institutional care, although the report does not provide a construction schedule, details of the building work or a date for the new beds to become operational.
The health department has directed that all appointments be made under the prescribed recruitment rules. According to hospital management sources cited in the report, both ambulance-driver positions will be filled on a contractual basis. The authorities have also emphasised compliance with recruitment procedures to prevent irregularities during the hiring process.
The approval links physical capacity with staffing, indicating that the expansion is not limited to adding beds alone. The sanctioned posts are intended to provide the personnel required to run the enlarged facility and maintain supporting services. However, the source does not specify whether the appointments will be completed before the additional beds are opened.
The report also does not state whether the 200 beds will be created through new construction, refurbishment of existing space or another form of internal reorganisation. It identifies the health department’s administrative approval as the immediate milestone and places the next operational steps on the hospital administration and the recruitment authorities.
Once implemented, the expansion will raise Pavlov Hospital’s approved capacity by 80 per cent, from 250 beds to 450. The additional 65 nursing posts form the largest part of the sanctioned workforce, while the remaining positions cover specialist medical care, medicines, logistics, clerical work and ambulance operations. The recruitment process and the formal commissioning of the new beds will determine when the approved increase becomes available to patients.
