Updated On: 30 November, 2023 04:57 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
After lack of response to the initial expression of interest issued in July, BMC has now extended final date till Dec 10

The BMC’s Krantiveer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule at Kannamwar Nagar, Vikhroli, which has been shut down since 2018 after the structure was declared dilapidated.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is awaiting response from private hospitals to start a temporary hospital in the eastern suburbs. BMC issued an expression of interest in July 2023 but has yet to get a response from the hospital.
As BMC decided to redevelop the civic body-run Krantiveer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule at Kannamwar Nagar, Vikhroli, the administration decided to start a temporary alternative hospital facility in a private hospital. BMC first issued an expression of interest in July 2023. “We have decided to rent at least a 180-bed multispecialty hospital as an alternative to Phule Hospital.