Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital & Research Centre here on October 25, Reliance Foundation said on Friday.
Mr. Modi on Thursday accepted an invitation from Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita Ambani and her son Anant Ambani to inaugurate the hospital, which was set up in 1925 and was Mumbai’s first general hospital.
Located in the heart of South Mumbai, the hospital in its 90th year has been completely rebuilt by Reliance Foundation, led by its Chairperson Ms. Nita Ambani into a modern 19-storey tower and two heritage wings.
The hospital has collaboration with John Hopkins, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Southern California. It has all modern facilities.
The general wards of the hospital will have the same level of treatment for the citizens at the bottom of the pyramid. The hospital has an outreach program that now covers over 3.10 lakh individuals in the vicinity, providing preventive and primary healthcare on a digital platform virtually free of costs, Reliance Foundation said.
