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The '''Cama & Albless Hospital''' (originally just '''Cama Hospital''') is a [[hospital]] for women and children in the city of [[Mumbai]], [[India]], with 367 beds. <br />
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The foundation stone was laid by H.R.H. the [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught|Duke of Connaught]] on 22 November 1883 and the building formally opened on 30 July 1886. The building was designed in Medieval Gothic style by Khan Bahadoor Muncherjee Cowasjee Murzban. The building is made from stone obtained from [[Porbander]]. [[Pestonjee Hormusjee Cama]], is a Parsi philanthropist who contributed Rs 100000 to its construction.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Xenophon|journal=Indian Engineering|url=https://archive.org/stream/indianengineerin04calcuoft#page/432/mode/1up|page=432|title=Pestonjee Cama Hospital, Bombay|year=1888}}</ref> The staffing was provided through the Medical Women for India Fund.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/39002011128098.med.yale.edu#page/n95/mode/2up/|pages=24–29|author=Kittredge, George|title=A short history of the "Medical Women for India" Fund of Bombay|year=1889|publisher=Education Society's Press|place=Bombay}}</ref><br />
The hospital was one of the main targets of the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<br />
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The Cama Hospital later employed Edith Pechey, one of the original cohort of female medical students at the University of Edinburgh (1869).<!--- try and insert image of the donor who built the hosp<br />
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--><!---Draft:Pestonjee Hormusjee Cama is being re-established - was created by someone but need to have that re-established and full pane created with photo --><!--- THE PESTONJEE CAMA HOSPITAL, BOMBAY.<br />
This institution, of which we annex an illustration, occupies a sit« conqirising 19,000 square yards, is situated near the [[Elphinstone High School |then new Elphinstone High School on Cruickshank road]], and the foundation stone was laid on the 22nd of November 1S83 by H. R. H. the Duke of Connaught, the building being completed and formally opened by His Excellency Lord Reay on the 30th July 1886.<br />
The Hospital was designed by, and erected \mder the superintendence of Khan B;\hadoor Muncherjee Cowasjee Murzban. A.M.I.C.E., and is a credit to his skill and talent.<br />
The design is Medieval Gothic, and the building is principally constructed of stone, the general flicings being of blue stone, and the dressings and carvings being made from materials supplied from the quarries of Porebunder. The entire length of the building is 2G5 feet and its total width is 125 feet. There are verandahs in the front and rear of the building running throughout its whole length, the one in front being enclosed to keep off the sun and rain. In the rear are the bath-rooms and lavatories which are approached by a covered passage, and on the first floor there is a terrace where convalescents may take the air. An additional floor placed over the central portion forms the principal feature of the edifice and serves to complete its symmetry. The floors of the Hospital are paved with Minton tiles and the walls of all the rooms and wards are lined with similar tiles to the height of three feet from the floor.<br />
The utility of this Hospital is unquestionably very great, and Mr. Pestonjee Hormusjee Cama, who contributed a lakh and a quarter towards defraying the cost of its erection, has rendered himself a true benefactor to his fellow citizens, by whom his philanthropy will always be hold in warm regard and veneration.<br />
Government bears the charge of the permanent maintenance of the Hospital, which is one of the first fruits of the movement originally started by Mr. Kittredge and Mr. Sorabjee S. Bengalee, c.i.E., for supplying medical aid to the women of India.--><!--- "Pestonji Cama" as a Parsi philanthropist who founded one of the early women and children's hospital in nineteenth-century India. The Cama Hospital (Bombay) later employed Edith Pechey, one of the original cohort of female medical students at the University of Edinburgh (1869).--><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://institutions.education4india.com/4809/cama-and-albless-hospital/ Cama and Albless Hospital] - listing at the India Education Network<br />
* [http://www.karmayog.com/lists/mumgovhospitals.htm Cama Albless Hospital] (Dhobi Talao; 367 beds - Municipal hospitals in Mumbai)<br />
* Nitin Yeshwantrao and Hemali Chhapia, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Panic-stricken_patients_walk_out_of_Cama_hospital/articleshow/3766744.cms "Panic-stricken patients walk out of Cama hospital"], ''Times of India'', 28 November 2008.<br />
* [https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/132-yr-old-cama-hospital-gets-rs-3-crore-tata-grant/articleshow/67548434.cms Tata donation to the hospital]<br />
{{2008 Mumbai attacks}}<br />
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[[Category:Hospitals in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Children's hospitals in India]]<br />
[[Category:Municipal hospitals in India]]<br />
[[Category:Hospitals established in 1886]]<br />
[[Category:1886 establishments in British India]]<br />
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