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Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital

Coordinates: 19°7′51.78″N 72°49′30.19″E / 19.1310500°N 72.8250528°E / 19.1310500; 72.8250528
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Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital
Map
Geography
LocationFour Bungalows, Mumbai, India
Coordinates19°7′51.78″N 72°49′30.19″E / 19.1310500°N 72.8250528°E / 19.1310500; 72.8250528
Services
Beds750
History
Opened2009
Links
Websitewww.kokilabenhospital.com
ListsHospitals in India

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.

History

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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

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  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.