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Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde conducts surprise check at BMC hospital in Jogeshwari, flags need for better patient facilities
Updated On: 19 August, 2026 10:16 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Tawde first visited the MJPJAY registration counter on the ground floor and directed the administration to keep it operational round the clock instead of limiting its working hours to 8 am to 4 pm

The Mayor subsequently inspected the Accident Department, Intensive Care Unit and the paediatric, female medical and male medical departments on the ninth and tenth floors. Pic/ Mayor's Office
Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde conducted a surprise inspection of the Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Municipal Hospital in Jogeshwari East on Wednesday, August 19, and reviewed the medical facilities and services available to patients.
During the inspection, Tawde issued several directions to the hospital administration, including extending the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana registration counter to 24 hours.


