Holy Spirit Hospital is a Charitable Trust Hospital located in
Andheri
Andheri ( n̪d̪ʱeɾiː is a locality in the western part of the city of Mumbai in India. Udayanagari, the name of a hill near the Mahakali caves, inspired the name Andheri. On the former islet of Versova, also known as Vasave, there was ano ...
,
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
, owned and managed by the
Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, which began in 1964 as an out-patient clinic.
History
In 1964, four nuns from the Netherlands-based
Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit established an outpatient medication dispensary under a tree in Andheri. By 1967 they had developed a 65-bed hospital which eventually grew to a comprehensive 300-bed facility.
Later, a dirt track path between the
Mahakali Caves
The Kondivite Caves, also Mahakali Caves, are a group of 19 rock-cut monuments built between 1st century BCE and 6th century CE.
This Buddhist monastery is located in the eastern suburb of Andheri in the city of Mumbai (Bombay) in western Ind ...
and the hospital was replaced by a road extension from
Chakala.
BEST
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provided a twice-daily bus service at the hospital's request.
One nun of the hospital's order, Sister Hermanelde, received the Cross of the Order of Merit.,
Notable patients
* Roomel D'Souza: U-17 Maharashtra Hockey Player, had undergone surgery to treat bilateral hallux valgus, she was treated by Dr. Nicholas Antao
* Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Emeritus Mar
Raphael Cheenath, was being treated for ill health. He died on 13 August 2017.
* Actor
Nirmal Pandey
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, died following a cardiac arrest. He died at Mumbai's Holy Spirit hospital on 18 February 2010.
* Ashok Walam, protest panel head against Konkan oil refinery, who was admitted due to the chest pain and pressure which he was facing from the officers over the refinery issue.
* First air-born baby on board an Indian airline, Jetson Jose, born on board the Jet Airways Dammam-Kochi flight on 18 June 2017, and rushed to Holy Spirit hospital after the aircraft was diverted to Mumbai.
* Spanish Jesuit priest Father Federico Gussi Sopena, was in critical condition and was undergoing treatment.
References
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Hospitals in Mumbai
Charitable hospitals
Hospitals established in 1964
1994 establishments in Maharashtra