Breach Candy Hospital
Breach Candy Hospital is a private hospital located in Mumbai, India. One of the renowned hospitals in India, it is located in the Breach Candy area of South Mumbai.
Breach Candy Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Breach Candy, Mumbai, India |
Coordinates | 18.973831°N 72.804676°E |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 173 |
History | |
Opened | 1950 |
Links | |
Website | Official Website |
Lists | Hospitals in India |
History
It was established in 1950 at the upmarket Breach Candy area in South Mumbai, and designed by an English architect Claude Batley.
Notable Incidents
- Former Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee underwent a knee surgery at the hospital in 2000, when he was in office.[1]
- Famous Bollywood Playback Singer Udit Narayan's son Aditya Narayan was born here in 1987.
- Dhirubhai Ambani, who was admitted to the hospital, breathed his last on July 6, 2002 after a major stroke.
- 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.[2][3][4][5][6] He was later taken to Global Hospital in Chennai, where he died on August 14, 2012.
- Priyanka Chopra's father, Dr. Ashok Chopra, died of cancer in the hospital.
- Kajol suffered from a miscarriage due to ectopic pregnancy at the hospital.
- Sonali Bendre gave birth to her son, Ranveer, at the hospital
- Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has undergone a knee surgery at the hospital.
- Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan's son, Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi, was born in the hospital on 20 December 2016.
- Socialite and philanthropist Parmeshwar Godrej died on October 11, 2016 due to a lung ailment at the hospital.
- Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's wife Manyata Dutt gave birth to her son, Shahraan Dutt, at the hospital.
References
- "Special arrangements at Bombay hospital". BBC News. 9 October 2000. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- Pushpa Narayan and Prafulla Marapakwar (8 August 2012). "Vilasrao Deshmukh still critical, no liver transplant". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- "liver and kidney transplants". Yahoo News, India. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- "Vilasrao Deshmukh Passes Away, Twitter Celebrates | Gather". News.gather.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- "Vilasrao Deshmukh on life support". Hindustantimes.com. 8 July 2012.
- Arun Ram (14 August 2012). "Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away". Times of India. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
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