The BJ Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) will establish a state-of-the-art 250-bed Super Specialty Hospital and Post Graduate Institute in Pune, said officials. 

The proposal to set up the facility was sent to the medical education department.

The facility will be developed over an area of 31 lakh square feet in a 16-story building. The BJMC has expressed a preference to set up the hospital within the SGH campus, said the officials.

Dr Eknath Pawar, dean of BJMC and SGH, said, the super specialty hospital will have departments like urology, nephrology, gastroenterology, and neurology, among others. All these departments will have around 20 to 30 beds.  

“The departments like neurosurgery, cardio-thoracic surgery, plastic surgery and pediatric surgery are functioning at full fledge and have around 20 to 30 beds. However, after the Super Specialty Hospital is set up, we will double the bed capacity of the existing specialties running at full fledge,” he said.

“The financial expenses for the project are likely to be shared by the central and state governments. We have given preference to start the facility within the SGH campus,” said Pawar.