Tata Trusts is all set to renovate the nearly hundred-year-old Parsi General Hospital in Surat, after Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, accepted the request of the Parsi community in the city for funds to renovate and expand the medical facility which has fallen into neglect. Few days ago, a team from Tata Trusts visited Surat to examine the state of the charitable hospital. The Seth Rustamji Dhanjibhai Tarachand Parsi General Hospital, located in the centre of the city in Shahpore area, was started in 1920. The General Hospital, which will celebrate its centenary next year, currently has just a single doctor and seven nursing staff. Patients of the Parsi-dominated area coming to the 20-bed hospital, run by the Surat Parsi Panchayat Board trust, have dwindled over the years. Most people in the area prefer to go to private hospitals with better facilities. However, the hospital has potential for expansion, standing on a built-up area of around 53,000 square feet. Deputy Mamlatdar, Roman Ilaviya a Parsi youth in Surat district collectorate, took up the initiative to revive the hospital, after hearing a lot about the old times when the hospital had been running full swing. A resident of Shahpore, where the hospital is located, Ilaviya wanted to do something, seeing the poor condition of the hospital.
