Private hospital in Mumbai
Hospital in Mumbai, India
Breach Candy Hospital is a
private hospital located in
Mumbai , India. It is located in the
Breach Candy area of
South Mumbai . It is well known for the rich and famous patients that have been in the hospital.
History
It was established in 1946 at the upmarket
Breach Candy area in South Mumbai, and designed by an English architect
Claude Batley .
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It started functioning as a 25-bed nursing home. Today, BCH is a multi-specialty hospital with over 206 beds.
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The hospital's specialists include some of the most distinguished names in the Indian medical profession.
Before 2005, the
Pirojsha Godrej Foundation funded a wing of the hospital known as the Pirojsha Godrej Wing.
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Services
Breach Candy Hospital is managed by the Breach Candy Hospital Trust. It provides the following services:
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Anesthesiology
Bariatric services
Blood bank
Cardiology and thoracic surgery
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Ear, nose and throat
General surgery
Gynecology
Hematology
Neurology
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Pediatric surgery
Plastic surgery
Psychiatry
Radiology
Rheumatology
Sleep laboratory
Urology
Vascular surgery
Notable patients
The following notable and famous persons were patients at Breach Candy hospital:
Former
Prime Minister of India ,
Atal Bihari Vajpayee underwent a knee surgery at the hospital in 2000, when he was in office.
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Dhirubhai Ambani , who was admitted to the hospital, breathed his last on 6 July 2002 after a major stroke.
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Vilasrao Deshmukh , a former
Chief Minister of Maharashtra , was admitted to the hospital in the first week of August 2012. He was diagnosed with both liver and kidney failure.
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[11] He was later taken to
Global Hospital in
Chennai , where he died on 14 August 2012.
Socialite and philanthropist
Parmeshwar Godrej died on 11 October 2016 due to a lung ailment at the hospital.
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Legendary Singer
Lata Mangeshkar died on 6 February 2022, after a long battle with
COVID-19 and
pneumonia . She was admitted on 8 January 2022.
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Indian cricketer
Virat Kohli and actress
Anushka Sharma 's daughter Vamika Kohli was born on 11 January 2021.
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Actress
Sara Ali Khan was born on August 12, 1995.
Indian actor
Akshay Kumar and former actress
Twinkle Khanna 's daughter Nitara was born on 25 September 2012
Indian actor
Ajay Devgn and actress
Kajol 's daughter Nysa was born on April 20, 2003.
Indian billionaire and
business magnate , stock trader and investor
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala died on August 14, 2022.
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Indian Music Director Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal of
Shankar-Jaikishan died on 12 September 1971.
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