The infrastructure present and the facilities provide are at par if not better than any medical college in the country. The hospital can also boast offer highly qualified and competent faculty. The hospital has been a center of training and teaching of Post-graduate students of the University of Delhi since 1962. In 1973 the hospital the hospital faculty constituted the clinical faculty of the University of College of Medical Sciences to which it was attached till 1990. Even when the college was shifted to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital at Shahdara, Delhi, the hospital still continues to impart Post-Graduate training in various specialties and super specialties. The hospital is also a center for training of interns from various institutions in the country and abroad. Ex-students of the hospital have been excelling in the country and abroad and have done the institution proud.

Today the hospital provides state of the art facilities in the 34 clinical and para-clinical divisions. Running along side its regular clinics are 45 special clinics, which offer comprehensive care to all patients with specific needs. These special clinics help in creating a high level of awareness amongst the patients and benefit the medical community as well and thus widen the health knowledgebase in the society.

This "Kalpa-Vriksha" of clinical medicine has borne many branches in recent years. The hospital today has perhaps the finest respiratory and sleep laboratory in the country. It conducts the DNB course in Respiratory Medicine and is the only Govt.- Institution to be recognized by the National Board of Examinations for conducting a Post-doctoral fellowship programme in critical care medicine in 2000. More than 19000 patients attended the respiratory medicine OPD and the department is actively involved in organizing professional & academic meets at the National level.Time is precious. Many surgical and medical departments of the hospital have been quick to adopt the concept of "Same Day" medical and surgical treatment. More and more patients are allowed to tread back home a few hours after their surgical procedure is over and quick medical treatment is given to needy patients. This has been possible with the introduction of endoscopically guided minimally invasive surgical techniques.The greatest service of human kind introduced to provide free facilities to poor and needy patients for open heart surgery to the tune of 8 to 9 cases per week at the CTVS department of Safdarjung Hospital is a commendable achievement in last two years. The department is actively involved in teaching & training of post-graduate in Surgery. It also arranged several academic meets including and International Symposium & Workshop on "Changing Face of Cardiac Surgery" which involved LIVE teleconferencing and live telecast of Operative procedures by eminent cardiac surgeons.The establishment of laser unit for treatment of various eye disorders and an eye bank in the ophthalmology department of the hospital have been major achievements in the last two years.No medical institution can afford to do well today without an excellent back up from its para clinical departments. Department of Laboratory medicine is under immediate augmentation for support all the needs of super-specialty disciplines. The recent introduction of investigation for tumor markers, hormone-assays and immuno-haematological investigations is a giant leap towards provision of such services to the poor masses. A latest generation linear accelerator is under active consideration and an additional cobalt unit for cancer patients is being installed very shortly in the department of Radiotherapy.Some of the advanced services introduced in the department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation include multi-sensory electro-diagnostic unit, a sonopulse, dynation, balance master and laser. Remedial gymnastics, obesity control clinic, orthotic and prosthetic workshop and rural rehabilitation are other thrust areas of the department.The hospital would also establish a computerized network is essential and vital areas.

To meet the objective of dissemination of knowledge, research and academic excellence, the institution has been conducting many undergraduate, post-graduate and post-doctoral courses in affiliation with the University of Delhi & National Board of Examinations. Post-graduate medical degrees and diplomas are offered in 12 specialties, post-doctoral programme exist in two disciplines - burns & plastic surgery and clinical pathology and undergraduate diplomas are awarded in nursing and prosthetics & orthotics. Training programmes of diverse nature and duration are being run for OT/CSSD assistants, medical laboratory technologists, medical record officers and technologists and a multi-rehabilitation certificate course. More than 530 residents and a large number of interns are trained every year most departments arrange regular seminars and journal clubs and inter-departmental meetings are held on a regular basis. The medical officer's association also hosts a regular once-a-month clinical meeting where presentation of interesting and difficult cases is made. The association also brings out the journal JOSH every year.Even though, by nature a tertiary care setup, the institution has evinced keen interest in community health development programmes. It has been a nodal point in massy key health projects and missions like AIDS control, pulse polio programme, leprosy eradication, matri suraksha programme and National Cancer Control Programme.

The institution also strives to do its bit n preventive and promotive health through its many user-friendly information, education and communication activities. Exhibitions of seminars health melas, radio television and print media are some of such instruments.

The eight five year plan saw the inception of departments like Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Urology, Nephrology, Cardio thoracic & Vascular surgery and CSSD.