PM
inaugurates Reliance Foundation Hospital
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday inaugurated the revamped Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Reliance
Foundation Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai.
Located in south Mumbai,
the hospital in its 90th year was rebuilt by the Reliance Foundation, led by
its chairperson Nita Ambani, into a modern 19-storey tower with two heritage
wings, the foundation said in a statement.
Nita Ambani termed it
"a historic day" in the life of the hospital which was re-dedicated
to the people of Mumbai.
"Narendra bhai, we
assure that this hospital will become a centre of good health and global levels
of health care, respect for life, modern technology combined with love and
compassion, with dignity to all," Nita Ambani said.
"This will not be
just a hospital but an institution of care," she said, adding that words
like religion, caste, social strata, age and gender will not interfere with the
kind of treatment patients receive.
"We won't just treat
health, we will also respect life," and at this institution quality will
meet affordability, she added.
Founded in 1925 as Mumbai's
first general hospital, it has a rich heritage — it saw the freedom struggle
and the Second World War, and Mahatma Gandhi was among its frequent visitors.
The hospital celebrated
its silver jubilee with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as its chief guest and the
golden jubilee celebrations were graced by Jayaprakash Narayan.
Now in its 90th year, the
prime minister is inaugurating its new avatar, the foundation said.
The hospital has
collaborations with Johns Hopkins, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Massachusetts
General Hospital and the University of Southern California. It is also equipped
with robotic surgery and online video conferencing facility for global
consultations.
The hospital's outreach
programme currently covers over 310,000 individuals providing preventive and
primary healthcare on a digital platform virtually free of cost. It has also
initiated steps to adopt nearby areas as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
It has also adopted water
recycling and rainwater harvesting programmes, making it one of the greenest
health care facilities of its size in the country.
The 345-bed,
multi-specialty tertiary care hospital has six thrust areas: cardiac sciences,
nephro-urology, neuro sciences, oncology, orthopaedics and spine, and women and
child health.
Earlier, Mukesh Ambani,
his wife Nita and other family members welcomed Modi near the entrance to the
hospital, along with Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao.
Present at the
inauguration were Kokilaben Ambani, Amitabh Bachchan, Gulzar, Shah Rukh Khan,
Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Paresh Rawal, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Sonakshi
Sinha, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Bharat Ratna Sachin
Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Praful Patel, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Sonali Bendre,
union minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra BJP leaders Devendra Fadnavis,
Vinod Tawde and other celebrities.
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