The new building of the Hindu Hridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray (HBT) Medical College, the first BMC-run medical college in the western suburbs of Mumbai, has been completed and will be inaugurated today. It is the first civic-run medical college building equipped with facilities like WiFi, digital class rooms, e-library, research lab, and centralised AC.

The building has been constructed on the Cooper Hospital campus at Vile Parle. It is a ground plus 5-storey building along with the basement. From the ground to the fourth floor, it will house medical college-related services. The fifth floor will house the offices of all 13 department heads. It is built on 36,397 square metres.