The Bombay High Court was told that Bai Jerbai Wadia Children hospital, specialising in organ transplants, now under renovation, will be ready for operation by March next year.
The hospital building in central Mumbai went under repairs in 2009, following which, it has been operating from the adjoining Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity hospital. Both the hospitals are run by the Wadia Trust.
Senior counsel Rafiq Dada, appearing for the hospital trust, today assured the court that no third party rights will be created for the renovated building and it will be used solely for hospital purposes.
A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A K Menon was hearing a petition filed by social activist Kamayani Mahabal seeking a direction to government and civic authorities to ensure that all necessary permissions are granted and the hospital is started at the earliest.
The Wadia Trust had initially submitted a proposal to the state for starting of an organ transplant centre at the Bai Jerbai Children’s hospital. However, since the hospital is under renovation and would take some time for completion, the Trust sought to start the organ transplant centre at the Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity hospital from where the children’s hospital is also functioning.
According to the proposal sent in July last year, if the centre is approved, then it will be one of its kind in the world. After the repairs are completed, the hospital will be able to house 150 beds in the neonatal intensive care unit, 24 beds in the paediatric intensive care unit.
