India, May 29 -- Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday announced that her government is working towards a sharp upgrade in Delhi's healthcare infrastructure, aiming to increase hospital bed availability from 0.47 beds per 1,000 people to at least three.

Speaking at a public event in her constituency of Shalimar Bagh, Gupta said the city's poor health care capacity was a legacy of years of neglect.

"I may not make grand promises, but I can say with certainty that Delhi now has a government that works," she said. "In our first 100 days, we have taken multiple policy decisions to address long-standing issues that had left people frustrated."

She said a high-level health committee meeting held on Tuesday revealed an alarming gap in infra...