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India's
best
Hospital.
True
service
to
mankind
is
service
to
God.
Particularly
for
those
who
are
poor,
diseased
and
helpless.
Government
health
institutions
are
like
an
oasis
in
the
desert
which
work
for
this
noble
cause.
They
provide
medical
services
to
ailing,
diseased
&
suffering
people,
free
of
charge.
Civil
Hospital
has
a
grand
heritage
and
vast
history
spanning
over
160
years
of
its
service
to
the
patients,
since
its
inception
in
1841.Earlier
it
was
located
at
The
Collector’s
Office,
Ghee
Kanta.To
meet
with
the
needs
of
increasing
population
and
patients,
expansion
was
needed.
In
that
time,
some
great
figures
of
charity
and
humanity
came
forward
to
help
them
.
Among
them
there
were
Sheth
Shri
Hathising
&
Premabhai
,
men
with
mercy,
who
donated
for
free
health
services
,
aid
and
treatment
to
the
people
,
and
as
an
outcome
Old
Civil
Hospital
came
into
existence
in
1858.There
were
12
wards
in
the
hospital.
The
Ahmedabad
Medical
School
was
started
in
1871
with
the
intake
capacity
of
14
students
as
Hospital
Assistant
(H
A).It
was
attached
to
the
Civil
Hospital
at
Ghee
Kanta.
Bayramji
Jeejibhoy
had
donated
Rs.
20000
in
1879
to
open
the
Medical
School
which
is
now
known
as
B
J
Medical
College.
In
1879
an
adjoining
block
known
as
“Wylie
Ward”
was
added.
In
the
year
1900
AD
with
the
donation
of
Rs
32000
from
Khan
Bahadur
Nawrojee
Pestanji
Vakil
C.I.I.,
an
eye
hospital
and
outdoor
patients
section
were
started.
From
the
funds
collected
by
public
of
Ahmedabad,
a
well
equipped
surgical
unit
named
“Mary
Lambert
Operation
Theatre
“was
created
in
the
year
1907
AD.
In
the
year
1911
AD,
from
another
donation
of
Rs
40000
received
from
Khan
Bahadur
navroji
Pestanji
Vakil,
a
Maternity
Unit
and
Women
&
Children’s
Wards
were
constructed.
Thus,
the
old
Civil
Hospital
was
developed.
It
was
shifted
to
the
New
Civil
Hospital,
Asarwa
area,
Ahmedabad
on
2nd
November
1953
at
its
present
building
which
was
constructed
by
government
to
meet
with
the
need
of
increasing
number
of
patients.
It
is
spread
over
110
acres
of
area.
It
has
all
kind
of
health
facilities
,specialities
&
super
specialties
such
as
Medical
,
Surgical
,
Gynec
,
Ortho
,
ENT
,
Skin
&
V.
D.,
Pediatric,
Ped.
Surgery,
Neurosurgery
etc.
Other
institutions
existing
in
the
campus
are
autonomously
providing
medical
/
surgical
treatment
for
specific
diseases.
They
are
Kidney
Hospital,
U.N.
Mehta
Heart
Hospital,
Dental
&
Cancer
Hospital,
T.B.
Hospital
&
Paraplegia
Hospital.
In
every
calamity
,
whether
it
is
in
form
of
epidemic
,
riots
,
earthquake
or
any
hazards
,
they
have
always
stood
with
the
people.
Disaster
Management
&
Trauma
service
are
the
important
parts
of
its
services.
New
Civil
Hospital,
Ahmedabad
has
more
than
2000
beds
&
44
wards
for
indoor
patients
providing
treatment
to
over
9
lac
O
P
D
patients
and
more
than
1
lac
indoor
patients
annually.
Civil
Hospital
is
a
vast
medicity
,
well
equipped
with
modern
apparatus
.
All
type
of
treatment
&
investigations
are
provided
free
of
charge.
A
few
investigations
are
charged
for
at
minimum
of
rates.
It
is
one
of
the
biggest
hospitals
in
Asia.
It
is
a
teaching
institute
affiliated
to
the
B
J
Medical
College
imparting
education
to
MBBS
&
PG
medical
students.
The
seeds
of
fruits
that
we
eat
today
were
laid
by
men
of
great
humanity
&
mercy
–
the
great
donor
,
philanthropist
Sheth
Shri
Hathising
&
Sheth
Shri
Premabhai
,
after
whom
the
hospital
is
named
.
Let’s
remember
their
great
service
to
mankind
&
pay
homage
to
them
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