Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital ( mr, दीनानाथ मंगेशकर रुग्णालय) is a large hospital in

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spread over with over 900 beds. It is named after the

Marathi theatre Marathi theatre is theatre in the Marathi language, mostly originating or based in the state of Maharashtra in India, and elsewhere with Marathi diaspora. Starting in the middle of the 19th century, it flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. Today, ...

actor,

Natya Sangeet ''Sangeet Natak'' in Marathi language literally means Musical Drama. As the name suggests, this form of drama combines prose as well as poetry in form of songs to convey the story. In a manner, they are very much similar to Musicals. ''Sangeet ...

musician and exceptional

Hindustani classical Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

vocalist

Deenanath Mangeshkar Deenanath Mangeshkar (; 29 December 1900 – 24 April 1942) was a well-known Marathi theatre actor, a Natya Sangeet musician and a Hindustani classical vocalist. He is also the father of well-known singers Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Meena Kh ...

. The first human milk bank in Pune was established at this hospital.

History

The

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her con ...

foundation was established in Oct. 1989, by the Mangeshkar family of Indian musicians. The foundation was allotted a land of six acres by Govt. of Maharashtra for the proposed hospital. The foundation collaborated with the

Jnana Prabodhini Jnana Prabodhini, which means 'Awakener of Knowledge' in Sanskrit, is a social organization in India. Founded in 1962 with the motto "motivating intelligence for social change", its activities have expanded into multiple aspects of social work ...

Medical Trust to erect the hospital. The hospital started functioning on 1 November 2001.

Facilities

It has all the ultra modern facilities including

blood bank A blood bank is a center where blood gathered as a result of blood donation is stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. The term "blood bank" typically refers to a department of a hospital usually within a Clinical Pathology laborat ...

, cancer research centre etc. The hospital has more than 65 ICU beds with a central monitoring system. The hospital has a well equipped air-conditioned auditorium (with a capacity of 3000 people), advanced sound system and a sophisticated video projection system too.

Awareness programs

The hospital conducts lot of awareness programs and makes films for the people and society like the films on diabetes etc.Films good medium for awareness
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References

External links

* {{official, www.dmhospital.org Hospital buildings completed in 2001 Hospitals in Pune Hospitals established in 2001 2001 establishments in Maharashtra