Cama Hospital

The Cama & Albless Hospital (originally just Cama Hospital) is a hospital for women and children in the city of Mumbai, India, with 367 beds.

Cama Hospital
Building in 1887.
Geography
LocationMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Services
Beds367
History
Opened30 July 1886 (1886-07-30)
Links
ListsHospitals in India

The foundation stone was laid by H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught on 22 November 1883 and the building formally opened on 30 July 1886. The building was designed in Medieval Gothic style by Khan Bahadoor Muncherjee Cowasjee Murzban. The building is made from stone obtained from Porbander. Pestonjee Hormusjee Cama contributed Rs 100000 to its construction.[1] The staffing was provided through the Medical Women for India Fund.[2] The hospital was one of the main targets of the "2008 Mumbai Attacks "

References

  1. "Xenophon" (1888). "Pestonjee Cama Hospital, Bombay". Indian Engineering: 432.
  2. Kittredge, George (1889). A short history of the "Medical Women for India" Fund of Bombay. Bombay: Education Society's Press. pp. 24–29.


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