In a first, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to rent a hospital building in the eastern suburbs with all its infrastructure. It has also received final permission from the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) for the redevelopment of Krantiveer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Hospital at Vikhroli’s Kannamwar Nagar.

EOI invited

Kannamwar Nagar residents had demanded the BMC make temporary arrangements for a hospital till the redevelopment of Phule hospital is complete. Hence the BMC has recently invited an expression of interest to rent a hospital building with infrastructure and a capacity of 100 to 150 beds. A BMC official said, “We have invited expression of interest for 3 years which can be extended to 5 years. The hospital should be located within a 5 km radius of Kannamwar Nagar with multi-speciality facilities. There should be a minimum 20 beds for the intensive care unit and minimum 10 beds for neonatal intensive care. We will appoint our staff in the hospital.”