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; 72.804676Coordinates: 18°58′26″N 72°48′17″E / 18.973831°N 72.804676°E / 18.973831; 72.804676
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	173
History
Founded	1950
Links
Website	Official Website
Lists	Hospitals in India

Breach Candy Hospital is a hospital located in Mumbai, India.

History

It was established in 1950 at the upmarket Breach Candy area in South Mumbai, and designed by an English architect Claude Batley. Many famous Bollywood stars have given birth to their children at this hospital, including Bollywood superstar Sridevi who gave birth to her daughter Khushi here in 2000, Karishma Kapoor who gave birth to son Kiaan Raj Kapoor in 2010 and actress Sonali Bendre who gave birth to son Ranveer.

Infrastructure

Breach Candy is a 212-bed hospital. It is well equipped, with a full suite of modern diagnostic equipment.

Notable patients

Former Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee underwent a knee surgery at the hospital.^[1]

Vilasrao Deshmukh, who served as Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, was suffering from critical illness and was admitted to Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital in the first week of August 2012, where he was diagnosed with both liver and kidney failure.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

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