Of the innumerable Diplomate of National Board (DNB) postgraduate courses proposed by six civic-run peripheral hospitals in city suburbs, the National Board of Examinations (NBE) in Medical Services—the central accreditation body for DNB—has shortlisted only five DNB and PG Diploma course seats. A total of 11,459 all-India seats were approved for this academic year, excluding the 247 Fellowship of the National Board.

The 436-bed K B Bhabha Hospital in Bandra West and the 279-bed V N Desai Hospital in Santacruz East are the two peripheral hospitals that have been shortlisted—one DNB seat for General Surgery and one each for DNB and PG Diploma pathology courses at Bhabha, and one DNB and one diploma seat in Anaesthesiology at V N Desai. The accreditation will be valid till December 2025.  Bhabha hospital currently has four seats—two DNB and two diploma seats for Orthopedics, but the accreditation is expiring in December 2021.