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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox company<br />
| name = B.D. Petit Parsee General Hospital<br />
| founded = 1907<br />
| founder = Seth Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit<br />
| website = [https://www.bdpetitparseegeneralhospital.org/home.htm Official website]<br />
| location_country = Cumballa Hill, Mumbai<br />
}}'''B.D. Petit Parsee General Hospital''' is a hospital in [[Cumbala Hill|Cumballa Hill]], [[Mumbai]].<br />
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==History==<br />
In 1896, India experienced a serious famine, while the people in [[Mumbai]] suffered from many deadly diseases. Navroji Hormusji Patuck, manager of Petit Mills, proposed to the Petit family of setting up a hospital for the [[Parsi|Parsee]] community.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/bed-benevolence-and-bhonu-100-years-of-parsee-general/138099|title=Bed, benevolence and bhonu. 100 years of Parsee General|date=2011-10-09|website=mid-day|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}}</ref> He offered Rs 500 and initiated the funding.<ref name=":1" /> Navroji Nusserwanji Wadia and Dr. Kekhushroo N Bahadurji donated Rs 10,000 on behalf of Parsee Panchayat. They set up a temporary hospital in Parel.<ref name=":1" /> Bomanji gave his property in Cumballa Hill Family Hotel and securities of INR50,000. The committee accepted his donation and agreed to name the hospital after him.<ref name=":1" /> In 1907, the foundation for the hospital was laid by the Governor of Bombay Sir George Clark. To run the hospital, it receives donations from the [[Zoroastrianism in India|Zoroastrian]] community.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/mumbai-parsee-general-hospital-opens-its-doors-to-all-communities-in-105-years/articleshow/58334808.cms|title=Mumbai: Parsee General Hospital opens its doors to all communities in 105 years|last=Naik|first=Yogesh|last2=|first2=|date=|website=Mumbai Mirror|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002113146/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/mumbai-parsee-general-hospital-opens-its-doors-to-all-communities-in-105-years/articleshow/58334808.cms|archive-date=2018-10-02|url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-27|last3=|last4=|first4=|df=}}</ref><br />
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==Facilities==<br />
The hospital has a main wing, laundry, nutrition section, senior citizens home, dispensary and doctors' quarters. The main wing was renovated in 2009. The hospital offers a concession for the poor.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-s-parsi-punchayet-backs-hospital-for-non-parsis-on-parsi-land/story-rzdGsLEP0nqeHo9fjSdpWK.html|title=Mumbai’s Parsi punchayet backs hospital for non-Parsis on Parsi land|last=|first=|date=2018-01-05|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107072617/http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-s-parsi-punchayet-backs-hospital-for-non-parsis-on-parsi-land/story-rzdGsLEP0nqeHo9fjSdpWK.html|archive-date=2018-01-07|url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-27|df=}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{Official site|https://www.bdpetitparseegeneralhospital.org/home.htm}}<br />
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[[Category:Hospitals in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Hospitals established in 1907]]<br />
[[Category:1907 establishments in India]]</div>>TAnthony