Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital

Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital is a tertiary-care hospital in Four Bungalows, Mumbai, India. The hospital is named after Kokilaben Ambani, wife of industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani, who was the founder of Reliance Industries.

Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital
Geography
LocationFour Bungalows, Mumbai, India
Coordinates19°7′51.78″N 72°49′30.19″E
Services
Beds750
History
Opened2009
Links
Websitewww.kokilabenhospital.com
ListsHospitals in India

History

The 750 bed multi-speciality hospital became operational in the first week of 2009. The project was initiated in 1999 by Nitu Mandke as a large-scale heart hospital, but ran into troubles after his death in 2003. Subsequently, it was completed by the Anil Ambani-led Reliance ADA group.[1] The hospital has boasted of many firsts not only in India but also in Asia. Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital has the first 3-room intra-operative MRI suite (IMRIS) in Asia, Asia's first EDGE Radiosurgery system from Varian Medical Systems, India's 1st Spine Surgery Suite featuring the O-arm and many more.

The hospital courted controversy in 2014 when it offered incentives to doctors for referring patients. It later apologised to the Maharashtra Medical Council.[2] In 2016, the hospital announced that it would be setting up 18 cancer-care centres in rural Maharashtra, under the name Reliance Cancer Centre's that will be operated and managed by Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.[3][4]

References

  1. Mishra, Nirmal (7 November 2005). "Heart hospital gets its beat back". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  2. Somita Pal, Santosh Andhale (25 June 2014). "Kokilaben hospital apologises to medical council". Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  3. "Kokilaben Hospital to set up 18 cancer care centres in Maha". 13 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  4. "Kokilaben Hospital". Full Details Information. 22 March 2019.


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