Jehangir Hospital

Description

Jehangir Hospital was established in 1946 Today 70 years in the service of providing quality healthcare with commitment and distinction Jehangir Hospital holds a steadfast position of trust and respect in the hearts and minds of the people it serves It is an institution renowned for its medical excellence the dedication of its consultants and the care and compassion of its staff

Jehangir Hospital began as Jehangir Nursing Home when its founders Sir Cowasji Jehangir and Lady Hirabai Jehangir invited the eminent Dr Eduljee H Coyaji to set up a facility that could offer personalized care of high quality at an affordable price to the people of Poona On the 6th of February 1946 with only a few beds it became the citys first significant private hospital Soon Jehangir Nursing Home had a bed strength of 60 and had added facilities as the first professionally run hospital kitchen and linen department As patient demand increased so did the number of beds and facilities

In 1998 350 bed Jehangir Hospital tied up with the Apollo Hospitals Group to assist in managing and modernizing the hospital The Jehangir Hospital Apollo Hospitals Group synergy thus provides the best outcomes for the patient superior technology and medical skill combined with quality patient care Since 2002 Jehangir Hospital has gone from a 180 bed hospital to a 350 bed multispecialty tertiary care hospital

Sir Cowasji Jehangir Fourth Baronet became Chairman of the Board of Trustees in June 1988 and has been spearheading the mission of Jehangir Hospital since

History

History
Established in 1946 the Jehangir Hospital today stands as an institution renowned for the medical excellence and dedication of its consultants and the care and compassion of its staff

Sir Cowasji Jehangir and Lady Hirabai Jehangir who founded the Jehangir Hospital invited Dr Eduljee H Coyaji to start a Nursing Home that would offer high quality and personalized care at affordable prices Started with just a few beds on the 6th of February 1946 it became the citys first private hospital

In 1953 The Nursing Home was registered and run as a Public Charitable Trust headed by Sir Cowasji Jehangir and an eminent board of trustees After his demise in October 1962 his wife Lady Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir presided over the Board

Soon the Jehangir Nursing Home increased to a 60bed hospital and additional facilities were added to provide better care and more patient convenience These include the Kitchen to provide nutritious food to the patients a fullfledged Linen Department and a fullfledged Nursing Department From the mid to late fifties the bed strength and facilities had to be continuously increased to keep pace with patient demand

Sir Hirji Jehangir became Chairman of the Board of Trustees after the demise of Lady Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir in 1976 As he later wished to be relieved of his duties his elder son Mr Jehangir H C Jehangir later Sir Cowasji Jehangir Fourth Baronet became the Chairman in June 1988 and continues ably with this responsibility to date

In the year 1989 a major expansion project was undertaken under the guidance and watchful eye of Maj Gen DB Doctor and the Block V building was completed The hospital bed strength increased to 199 beds of which approximately 75 beds were General Ward Beds where subsidized medical treatment was given to poor and needy patients

In 1995 the Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute was established It is recognised by the Government of India as one of its Scientific amp Research Organisations and conducts research in the medical field

After this the hospital made an arrangement with the Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College to provide training to their undergraduate medical students Our hospital is now recognised as a teaching Institute for various MD and MS Courses of the Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

By the late 1990s 5 decades since its inception the Jehangir Hospital had established a rich tradition of providing value for money health care and personalized service while maintaining clean ethics The management wished to build further upon these values and to take the institution to a new level of patientcentric care for which it was necessary to further modernize upgrade and expand available facilities

To achieve this and take the institution to the targeted level of patient care professionalism and efficiency the management decided to enter into an association with Apollo Hospitals Group This arrangement was formalized in April 1998 Mr Jaideep Gupta being the first Chief Executive Officer of the hospital under this arrangement Under his stewardship the hospital underwent a major renovation and expansion that transformed it from a multispeciality Nursing Home to a stateoftheart superspeciality hospital The Apollo CT Scan Centre was established in our hospital premises on May 28 2000

Under the next CEO Mr Sudhir M Diggikar took place the launching of an Emergency Management System the 1066 EMS in association with the Apollo Hospitals in 2003 and the setting up of a dedicated and independent Cardiology Dept in 2005 These 2 significant milestones resulted in the hospital establishing itself as a tertiary care hospital of the highest repute

This was the first Cardiology service in Pune that had a full time team of eminent Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons attached to it A Flat Panel Cath Lab with Stent Booster technology Seamless Stainless Steel Operation Theatres Intraoperative Flowmetry and Minimally Invasive Cardiac procedures were some of the unique features this service introduced to Pune The objective was to offer a reliable and high quality cardiac service that could handle even the most complicated cases with results matching international standards

In April 2006 the Ishanya Foundation Diabetic Center was set up through a donation from the Ishanya Foundation a part of the Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd to combat the growing menace of diabetes

The crying need for additional beds was addressed by constructing 22 additional rooms and a luxury suite on the 6th floor in June 2006

In May 2007 was commissioned the first unit outside the premises of the hospital when the Emergency Center at Hadapsar became operational This standalone unit capable of providing prompt and lifesaving medical aid to emergency and trauma victims was established out of a generous donation given by the Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust

The hospital has plans to set up 3 more such centers to cater to the demand for such services in the peripheries of Pune which are accident prone and where there is a lack of professional and reliable emergency care services