17 December,2025 08:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Ritika Gondhalekar
Speciality services are slated to partially begin by the end of January. PIC/RITIKA GONDHALEKAR
The new Bhagwati Hospital in Borivli, which was earlier expected to open by December after the decision to drop the (Public-Private Partnership) PPP model, has now entered its final stage of readiness. However, the hospital will not begin operations this month as planned.
Speciality services are slated to partially begin by the end of January, once procurement of medical equipment and installation of furniture is completed. From next month, all OPD services, along with psychiatry, dermatology, venereology and general medicine departments - covering hypertension, pneumonia, diabetes and more - will become operational. Surgical services such as orthopaedics, ophthalmology, ENT, gynaecology and the burn unit will begin by mid-2026.
"Setting up surgical departments is an uphill task considering the equipment required for OTs and ICUs. Tenders have been floated, and we have received a good response from bidders. Since the PPP model was scrapped only a few months ago, the process had to restart almost from scratch. But it is now on track, and we are trying our best to start all healthcare facilities at the earliest," said Dr Nitiraj Mane, chief medical officer.
Total project cost Rs 485 CR
New posts proposed: 296 (in principle approved, final nod awaited)
1963 Started as a small civic clinic
1968 Upgraded to a 50-bed hospital
1968 to 2013 Expanded to a 373-bed hospital
2013 Declared dilapidated; services shifted to Shatabdi Hospital, Kandivali
2016 NTC building opened with a 110-bed facility (medicine only, no surgical OTs)
Feb 2025 Expansion announced under the PPP model
April 2025 PPP scrapped, hospital to be run by BMC
