Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre

Prabodh Kirtilal Mehta and Rashmi Kirtilal Mehta with the Dalai Lama

Prabodh Mehta & Chetan Prabodh Mehta with Bal Thackeray

In 1978, Shri Kirtilal Manilal Mehta—a diamond merchant fondly known as Bapaji, who in 1956 founded the Antwerp-based diamond company Gembel NV—established the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust in memory of his late wife, Smt. Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta. The trust has been managed, controlled, and administered by Mehta family members Prabodh Kirtilal Mehta, Rashmi Mehta, and Chetan Prabodh Mehta.

In 1997, the trust established Lilavati Hospital, with 314 beds, 12 operating theaters, 300 consultants, intensive care units (ICUs), and 1,800 staff members to provide care for 300 in-patients and 1,500 out-patients daily.[2]

With the motto "More Than Healthcare, Human Care", the hospital has the mission of providing affordable, high-quality health care.[3]

The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), has recently accredited Lilavati Hospital as a provider of medical treatment that meets high standards and utilizes the latest medical equipment, such as the fastest CT scanners.[4] NABH considered the level of treatment for different patients, the standard of control and prevention, and the responsiveness of the intensive care unit as key features that have matched NABH standards of accreditation.[5][6]

The roles and responsibilities of the Trustees[7] include the development and management of the facility and the oversight of patient care.

The current Board of Trustees includes Prabodh Kirtilal Mehta, Chetan Prabodh Mehta, Rashmi Kirtilal Mehta, Rekha Haresh Sheth, Sushila Vijay Mehta, Charu Kishor Mehta, Niket Vijay Mehta, Bhavin Rashmi Mehta, Nanik Rupani, S. Lakshminarayanan IAS, and K.K Modi.[8]

The hospital has the following "Centres of Excellence":[9]

The hospital offers treatment in nuclear medicine and cardiac imaging, general surgery, diagnostic services, neurosciences, pediatrics, mental health and behavioral sciences, neurophthalmology, interventional cardiology, gynecology and obstetrics, rehabilitative services, scans, nephrology, orthopedics, pediatrics ophthalmology, pulmonology, maternity services, cardiac pacing, and electrophysiology.