The Bombay Hospital Trust has strongly opposed Shiv Sena Member of Parliament (MP) Arvind Sawant's recommendation of naming the road on which the hospital stands, after former sheriff Nana Chudasama. The Trust members have written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to formally record their objections, on February 23. The hospital is even willing to take up a legal battle if required.

'Name registered with BMC'
The letter, submitted by Dr Rajkumar V Patil, director of Medical Services, stated that the road has been known as Bombay Hospital Lane for the past 65 years. A senior doctor at the hospital said, "For 70 years, patients and ambulance drivers have known the road as Bombay Hospital Lane. Changing the name will create problems for them. If the BMC changes the name, then the trust will take legal recourse to challenge it. The name was registered with the BMC in 1967."