Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre | |
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Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Coordinates | 19°03′03″N 72°49′45″E / 19.05095°N 72.82925°ECoordinates: 19°03′03″N 72°49′45″E / 19.05095°N 72.82925°E |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
History | |
Founded | 1978 |
Links | |
Website | Official website |
Lists | Hospitals in India |
Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre is a private hospital located in Bandra in Mumbai, India. The hospital was established in 1978 by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust. The current team of trustees running the facility includes Prabodh Kirtilal Mehta, Chetan Prabodh Mehta, Rashmi Kirtilal Mehta, Rekha Haresh Sheth, Sushila Vijay Mehta, Charu Kishor Mehta, Niket Vijay Mehta, Bhavin Rashmi Mehta, Nanik Rupani, S. Lakshminarayanan, IAS and K.K Modi. The Lilavati Hospital has been awarded several awards and accreditations, such as the ‘Best Multi Speciality Hospital in Metro’ by ICICI Lombard & CNBC TV 18 in ‘India Healthcare Awards 2012’ held in New Delhi.
The Lilavati Hospital is a highly respected institution. Credential trustees Prabodh Mehta, Chetan Prabodh Mehta, and Rashmi Mehta have taken several initiatives to supply the hospital with the latest medical machines and medication equipments to offer the treatment in nuclear medicine and cardiac imaging, general surgery, diagnostic services, neurosciences, pediatrics, mental health and behavioral sciences, neurophthalmology, interventional cardiology, gynecology and obstetrics, rehabilitative services, scans, nephrology, orthopedics, pediatrics ophthalmology, pulmonology, maternity services, cardiac pacing, and electrophysiology etc.
With the motto of "More Than Healthcare, Human Care", today the trustees of Lilavati Hospital, Prabodh Mehta, have developed a specialty hospital in India where one can find treatment, research, and education meeting international standards. Patients receive treatment and students get a medical education with the latest technological equipments and facilities.
Shri Kirtilal Manilal Mehta established the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust in 1978 in memory of his late wife, Smt. Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta. The trust has been managed, controlled, and administered by Mehta family members: Prabodh Kirtilal Mehta, Rashmi Mehta, and Chetan Prabodh Mehta, who also have been engaged in other innumerable charitable endeavors in different segments of India. Fondly known as Bapaji and founder of Lilavati Hospital and Research Center Mumbai, the late Shri Kirtilal Mehta also pioneered the entry of the Indian community into Antwerp seeing the potential in the export of diamonds. In 1956, he launched Gembel NV, a company that pioneered in the rough and polished diamond industry.