- Sassoon Hospital
Sassoon General Hospital is a large state-run hospital in
Pune ,India with over 1500 beds. TheB. J. Medical College and a Nurses training School is attached to it.The Jewish philanthropist
David Sassoon fromMumbai made a generous donation to make the construction of the hospital possible in 1867. [http://www.hoteltravel.com/india/pune/guides/sightseeing.htm] The hospital could originally accommodate 144 patients.A well-respected child-care center and orphanage, Society of Friends of Sassoon Hospitals (SOFOSH), is connected to the hospital. SOFOSH was started in August 1964 by a group of Pune citizens for the welfare of poor patients of Sassoon Hospitals. [http://www.sofosh.org] Child care activities were initiated in 1973. SOFOSH’s child care center, "Shreevatsa", has provided a home to orphan children ranging from newborns to six-year-olds. Many of the children are placed with adoptive families in India and overseas. A number of children are physically and mentally challenged and a growing number are afflicted by life threatening ailments. Many of these children will never find adoptive families, and are cared for by the SOFOSH "Preetanjali" project.
Trivia
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Meher Baba was born in Sassoon Hospital in 1894.
* Sassoon Hospital, which treats 4,000 to 4,500 dog bite cases per month, recorded a maximum of 5,758 stray dog bite cases in May 1999. [http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990629/ige29030.html]External links
* [http://www.sofosh.org Society of Friends of the Sassoon Hospitals]
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