The hospital was formerly called the V.J Hospital and was later renamed by the Government of Punjab to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Sikh saint. The hospital is well furnished with digitally operated machines and specialized apparatus that is used to administer the patients. The Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in Amritsar is well equipped with surgical and laboratory instruments that are used to conduct operations and clinical examinations on the patients. Specialist doctors are present to function in the separate sections of pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics. Radiology and nuclear medicines are used in the hospital to treat the patients suffering from cancer.
The Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital of Amritsar has both indoor and outdoor sections that are visited by the most eminent doctors of the region. There are 951 beds in the hospitals of which 504 bed are for the male patients while 447 beds are for women. The hospital premises are furnished with the 24 hour blood bank services.
There is a stark difference in the doctor-patient ratio in the Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Amritsar. While the number of patients increases everyday in the hospital, there are only 13 doctors available to tend the patients. The hospital administration has employed 365 well trained nurses to aid the doctors in treatment of the patients.
