Breach Candy Hospital

Breach Candy Hospital is a 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
Trust
Geography
LocationBreach Candy, Mumbai, India
Coordinates18.973831°N 72.804676°E / 18.973831; 72.804676
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds173
History
Opened1950
Links
WebsiteOfficial Website
ListsHospitals 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
  1. "Special arrangements at Bombay hospital". BBC News. 9 October 2000. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  2. Pushpa Narayan and Prafulla Marapakwar (8 August 2012). "Vilasrao Deshmukh still critical, no liver transplant". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. "liver and kidney transplants". Yahoo News, India. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. "Vilasrao Deshmukh Passes Away, Twitter Celebrates | Gather". News.gather.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  5. "Vilasrao Deshmukh on life support". Hindustantimes.com. 07-08-2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. Arun Ram (14 August 2012). "Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away". Times of India. Retrieved 14 August 2012.


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