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{{Infobox hospital<br />
| Name = Ahmedabad Civil Hospital<br />
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| map_type = India Ahmedabad#India Gujarat<br />
| map_caption = Location in Ahmedabad, Gujarat<br />
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| Location = Asarva<br />
| Region = Ahmedabad<br />
| State = [[Gujarat]]<br />
| Country = India<br />
| Coordinates = {{coord|23.051362|N|72.605075|E|display=inline,title|type:landmark}}<br />
| HealthCare = Government<br />
| Type = General<br />
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| Emergency = Yes<br />
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| Beds = 2000+<br />
| Founded = 1841<br />
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| Website = {{URL|https://civilhospitalahd.gujarat.gov.in//}}<br />
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'''Ahmedabad Civil Hospital''' is a [[public hospital]] located in [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]], with facilities for specialised diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative [[Health care|patient care]]. The hospital campus spans {{convert|110|acre}} of land and houses the [[Gujarat]] Medical Council and Gujarat Nursing Council. It is affiliated to [[B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad|B.J. Medical College]] in Ahmedabad.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The hospital traces its origins to 1858, when it was founded with the help of donations given by Shri Hutheesing, Shri Premabhai and Surgeon General D Wyllie, for a total cost of 96,000. It had rooms for 92 inpatients.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DLUBAAAAYAAJ|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|date=1879|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref> Every year, the hospital admits around 70,000 patients, conducts 26,000 surgeries, and performs 6,500 deliveries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.healthcareglobal.com/top10/top-10-largest-hospitals-world/ |title=Top 10 largest hospitals in the world | publisher=healthcareglobal |date=2018-06-15 |access-date=2018-12-02}}</ref><br />
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== Working ==<br />
In 2019, the hospital inaugurated a new 1,200-bed building within the campus, built at a cost of Rs 395 [[crore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2019/03/04/pm-narendra-modi-inaugurates-1200-bed-new-civil-hospital-in-ahmedabad/|title=PM Narendra Modi inaugurates 1200-bed New Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad|date=2019-03-04|website=DeshGujarat|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref> Earlier that month, hundreds of contractual employees of the hospital protested the incomplete payment of salaries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-1200-bed-hospital-in-ahmedabad-city-5569463/|title=PM Modi to inaugurate 1,200-bed hospital in Ahmedabad city|date=2019-02-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref><br />
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===COVID-19 pandemic in Gujarat===<br />
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Gujarat|COVID-19 pandemic]], the [[Gujarat High Court]] highlighted the poor health infrastructure of the hospital, calling conditions in the hospital "pathetic" and "as good as a dungeon", highlighting the lack of ventilators and lack of accountability by senior physicians.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ghosh|first=Sohini|date=24 May 2020|title=Civil Hospital worse than dungeon, says Gujarat HC|work=The Indian Express|location=Ahmedabad|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-death-gujarat-hc-civil-hospital-6424480/|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Langa|first=Mahesh|date=24 May 2020|title=Ahmedabad civil hospital conditions pathetic, painful: Gujarat HC|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ahmedabad-civil-hospital-conditions-pathetic-painful-gujarat-hc/article31663615.ece|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> After a few days, a new bench of the High Court noted that "administration has geared up and is doing quite well" after observing that the hospital had additional healthcare staff along with 47 ventilators.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-01|title=Gujarat High Court now praises state govt: ‘we would have been dead’|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat-high-court-praises-state-govt-6436544/|access-date=2021-04-30|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><br />
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