In A first, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to rent and run a private hospital. This is in an attempt to provide relief to Vikhroli-Bhandup citizens, since the Krantiveer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Hospital there is still shut. The Sushrusha Hospital of Vikhroli (also known as the Suman Ramesh Tulsiani Hospital) submitted a proposal for the same and the BMC is working on it. Officials said they will take a decision in the next 15 days.

The residents of Vikhroli had gone on a hunger strike in September as BMC had closed down Krantiveer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Hospital in 2018, after its building was declared dilapidated, and nothing was done about the facility since then. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had taken note of the 1-2 days hunger strike and asked BMC officials to come up with an immediate soiclution. After this, the BMC administration decided to rent a private hospital. BMC doctors will be deputed there.