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{{Distinguish|Cooper University Hospital}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
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{{Infobox hospital
|name         = Dr. R. N. Cooper Municipal General Hospital
|Org/Group    = [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]]
|location     = 501, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle West, [[Juhu]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]] 400056
|country      = India
|coordinates  ={{Coord|19.107838|72.836230|type:landmark|display=it|name=Cooper Hospital}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cooper+Municipal+Hospital/@19.1077338,72.8358602,19z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x0:0x0!2zMTnCsDA2JzMwLjMiTiA3MsKwNTAnMDkuMCJF!3b1!8m2!3d19.108413!4d72.83582!3m4!1s0x3be7c9c6e86801b5:0xbb94bb5556071805!8m2!3d19.1077946!4d72.8362334?hl=en|website=Google maps|title=Cooper Municipal General Hospital|access-date=September 9, 2020}}</ref>
|affiliation  = [[Maharashtra University of Health Sciences]]
|former-names = Maternity Hospital
|emergency    = Yes
|beds         = 636 + 304 (940 teaching beds)
|type         = General (nidhubalu
|funding      = [[Public-private partnership]]
|founded      = 1969
|website      = {{URL|http://hbtmc.edu.in}}
}}

The '''Dr. R. N. Cooper Municipal General Hospital''' is a public hospital located in [[Juhu]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]].<ref name="321makeover">{{cite news|title=Cooper Hospital gets new Rs321crore building in Mumbai|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-cooper-hospital-gets-new-rs321crore-building-in-mumbai-1926600|date=29 November 2013|agency=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|location=Mumbai|access-date=2014-01-25}}</ref> It is owned by the [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] and is operated under a [[public-private partnership]].<ref name="commencepvt">{{cite news|title=BMC commences Cooper Hospital revival project|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-03-31/mumbai/27273266_1_bmc-brihanmumbai-municipal-corporation-privatisation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202182858/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-03-31/mumbai/27273266_1_bmc-brihanmumbai-municipal-corporation-privatisation|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|first=Malathy|last=Iyer|date=13 March 2003|location=Mumbai|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2014-01-25}}</ref> This hospital was upgraded into medical college in 2015.

It was started in 1969 as a [[maternity home]] before it was converted into a full-fledged [[Hospital#Types|general hospital]] in 1970.<ref name="mgcgmmanual">{{cite web|title=Chapter 2; Dr. RN Cooper MG Hospital |url=http://portal.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/MCGM%20Department%20List/Cooper%20Hospital/RTI%20Manuals/Cooper_RTI_E02.pdf |publisher=[[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai]] |access-date=2014-01-25 |page=1}}</ref>

The hospital underwent massive reconstruction after the original building was declared unfit for use in 1999. The new upgrade, at a cost of {{INR}}321 crore, includes more beds, as well as systems for [[rainwater harvesting]] and [[sewage treatment]].<ref name="321makeover" /> The new hospital design includes an ''infection control design'' to prevent doctors from contracting [[tuberculosis]] while on duty.<ref name="infectiondesign">{{cite news|title=New BMC hospitals to be specially designed to save docs from TB |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/civic/New-BMC-hospitals-to-be-specially-designed-to-save-docs-from-TB/articleshow/22591489.cms |first=Jyoti |last=Shelar |date=15 September 2013 |agency=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |location=Mumbai|access-date=2014-01-25}}</ref>

==Departments==
The hospital/college has the following departments:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hbtmc.edu.in/#departments|title=Departments|website=Cooper edical College|access-date=September 9, 2020}}</ref>
#[[Anaesthesiology]]
#[[Anatomy]]  
#[[Biochemistry]] 
#[[Community Medicine]]
#[[Dentistry]] & [[Maxillofacial surgery]]
#[[Dermatology]] & [[Venereology]]
#[[Forensic Medicine]]
#[[General Surgery]]
#[[Internal Medicine]]
#[[Microbiology]]
#[[Neurosurgery]]
#[[Obstetrics and gynaecology]]
#[[Ophthalmology]]
#[[Orthopaedics]]
#[[Otorhinolaryngology]]
#[[Paediatrics]]
#[[Pathology]]  
#[[Pharmacology]]         
#[[Physiology]]
#[[Physiotherapy]] & [[Occupational Therapy]]
#[[Psychiatry]]
#[[Pulmonary Medicine]]
#[[Radiology]]

==Incidents==
There were protests at the hospital after a patient attacked a nurse in April 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus/news/protests-after-patient-attacks-nurse-at-cooper/articleshow/75171592.cms|work=Mumbai Mirror|title=Protest after patient attacks nurse at Cooper|date=April 16, 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Hospitals in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Hospitals established in 1969]]
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[[Category:Medical colleges in Maharashtra]]
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[[Category:1969 establishments in Maharashtra]]