Breach Candy Hospital
Breach Candy Hospital Trust


Geography
Location	Breach Candy, Mumbai, India
Coordinates	18°58′26″N 72°48′17″E / 18.973831°N 72.804676°E / 18.973831; 72.804676
Organisation
Funding	Private
Type	General
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	206
History
Opened	1946 (1946)
Links
Website	www.breachcandyhospital.org
Lists	Hospitals in 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.^[1]

It started functioning as a 25-bed nursing home. Today, BCH is a multi-specialty hospital with over 206 beds.^[2]

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.^[3]

Services

Breach Candy Hospital is managed by the Breach Candy Hospital Trust. It provides the following services:^[4]

Anesthesiology
Bariatric services
Blood bank
Cardiology and thoracic surgery
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Ear, nose and throat
General surgery
Gynecology
Hematology
Neurology
Oncology
Opthomalogy
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.^[5]
Dhirubhai Ambani, who was admitted to the hospital, breathed his last on 6 July 2002 after a major stroke.^[6]
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.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[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.^[12]
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.^[13]
Indian cricketer Virat Kohli and actress Anushka Sharma's daughter Vamika Kohli was born on 11 January 2021.^[14]
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.^[15]

References

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^ "Special arrangements at Bombay hospital". BBC News. 9 October 2000. Archived from the original on 18 April 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
^ "Dhirubhai Ambani Biography". Tentaran. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ Pushpa Narayan and Prafulla Marapakwar (8 August 2012). "Vilasrao Deshmukh still critical, no liver transplant". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
^ "liver and kidney transplants". Yahoo News, India. 14 August 2012. Archived from the original on 15 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. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.
^ Arun Ram (14 August 2012). "Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
^ "Parmeshwar Dodreg Sociatlie Philanthropist dies". Live Mint. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Lata Mangeshkar is stable now, says Asha Bhosle". The Indian Express. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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^ "Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Death News LIVE Updates: Billionaire investor and Akasa air owner Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passes away". The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 August 2022.