Hedgewar Hospital

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Dr Hedgewar Hospital
Hedgewar Hospital
Geography
LocationJawaharlal Colony road, Ashok Nagar, Chatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates 19°52′10″N75°20′51″E / 19.8693091°N 75.3474057°E / 19.8693091; 75.3474057
Services
Beds300 beds
History
Opened1989
Links
Website https://www.hedgewar.org/
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Dr. Hedgewar Hospital (officially known as Dr. Hedgewar Rugnalaya) is a charitable hospital in Chatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. It was established in 1989 as a 10-bed hospital, as one of the main projects of the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan foundation. As of 2022, the hospital had treated more than seven million patients. [1] [ unreliable source? ]

Services

As of 2022 and since the expansion in 2010, the hospital has 300 beds and runs medical services in many specialties.[ citation needed ]

In 2023, Direct Relief procured diagnostic machinery for the hospital in order to establish an infectious disease department. [2]

References

  1. "NGO: Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan Trust". India Development and Relief Fund . 10 June 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. "US trust to establish new infectious disease hubs in Aurangabad, Latur". The Times of India. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.