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{{Infobox hospital<br />
| Name = Sassoon Hospital<br />
| Org/Group = <!-- Government of Maharashtra --><br />
| image alt = Black and white image of hospital buiding in 1860s<br />
| map_type = Maharashtra<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|18.52571|73.87194|display=inline,title}}<br />
| map_caption = shown in Pune, Maharashtra<br />
| Logo = <br />
| Logo Size = <!-- optional --><br />
| Location = <br />
| Region = Pune<br />
| State = Maharashtra<br />
| Country = IN<br />
| HealthCare = <!-- UK:NHS. AU/CA: Medicare. ELSE freetext, eg Private --><br />
| Funding = State-funded<br />
| Type = General<br />
| Speciality = <!-- if devoted to a speciality (ie not a broad spectrum of specialities) and Type=Specialist/Teaching --><br />
| Standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --><br />
| Emergency = <!-- UK/IR/HK/SG: Yes/No, CA/US: I/II/III for Trauma certification level --><br />
| Affiliation = [[BJ Medical College, Pune|Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College]]<br />
| Patron = <!-- 'None' or the individual who acts as the hospital patron --><br />
| Network = <!-- optional --><br />
| Beds = 1296<br />
| Founded = 1867<br />
| Closed = <!-- optional --><br />
| Website = http://bjmcpune.org/<br />
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}}<br />
'''Sassoon General Hospital''' ({{lang-mr| ससून सर्वोपचार रुग्णालय}}) is a large state-run hospital in [[Pune]], [[India]] with over 1500 beds. The [[B. J. Medical College, Pune]] and a Nurses training School is attached to it.<br />
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The Jewish philanthropist [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]] from [[Mumbai]] made a generous donation to make the construction of the hospital possible in 1867. The hospital could originally accommodate 144 patients.<ref>[http://www.bjmcpune.org/history.htm Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune]</ref><br />
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.<ref>[http://www.sofosh.org Society of Friends of Sassoon Hospitals]</ref> Child care activities were initiated in 1973. SOFOSH’s child care center, "[[Shreevatsa (Pune)|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. This also helps kids from ages 0–6 get a home in their orphanage care system; they have been matching adults up with children for 32 years now.<br />
[[File:Sassoon hospital.jpg|thumb|left|Original building, built in 1867 designed by [[Henry Saint Clair Wilkins|Colonel Wilkins]].]]<br />
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== Famous patients ==<br />
* [[Meher Baba]] was born in Sassoon Hospital on 25 February 1894.{{fact|date=January 2019}}<br />
* [[Hazrat Babajan]] was treated at Sassoon Hospital on 18 September 1931.<ref>Kalchuri, Bhau, ''Meher Prabhu: Vol. One'', 1986, p. 19</ref><br />
* [[Raman Raghav]], aka Psycho Raman, an infamous Indian serial killer, died at Sassoon Hospital in 1995.{{fact|date=January 2019}}<br />
* [[Mahatma Gandhi]] received an appendectomy at Sassoon Hospital on 12 January 1924.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Pune hospital has rare painting of Mahatma Gandhi’s surgery but you can’t see it | work = Hindustan Times | date = 29 June 2017 | accessdate = 25 January 2018 | url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/pune-hospital-has-rare-painting-of-mahatma-gandhi-s-surgery-but-you-can-t-see-it/story-LtK9OVnMJfHA3IWiDcMKdP.html}}</ref><br />
* [[Meena Kumari]] was admitted to Sassoon Hospital after her car accident while returning from [[Mahabaleshwar]] on 21 May 1951.{{fact|date=January 2019}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{commonscat|Sassoon Hospital}}<br />
* [http://www.sofosh.org Society of Friends of the Sassoon Hospitals]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1867]]<br />
[[Category:Hospitals in Pune]]<br />
[[Category:1867 establishments in India]]</div>imported>Debartolo2917