Massive upgrade on the cards as superspeciality status granted to Thane civil hospital

The revamp of the hospital was necessitated after complaints by locals that medical facilities in Thane were not at par with that of Mumbai, forcing many residents to travel all the way to Mumbai for quality medical treatment.

The upgradation proposal had got a major push when Thane district guardian minister Eknath Shinde was the health minister in the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena government.

Thane district collector Rajesh Narvekar said, “Part of a few structures will be removed and reconstructed. The existing civil hospital was built prior to independence, we needed a superspeciality hospital. The new project will cost us over Rs 500 crore.”