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| caption = Statue of the benefactor, [[Sir Ganga Ram]] at the hospital.
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The '''Sir Ganga Ram Hospital''' is a 675-bed multi-speciality private hospital<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/healthcare/life-healthcare/we-feel-proud-that-we-have-created-an-excellent-medical-and-para-medical-manpower-to-serve-the-nation/278516/|title=We feel proud that we have created an excellent medical and para-medical manpower to serve the nation|date=2016-06-09|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-26}}</ref> in [[Rajendra Nagar, Delhi]]. It provides comprehensive medical services<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/education/microbiologists-save-lives-too/story-i6lqQS6j6fsd8Eq36qqFUO.html|title=Microbiologists|date=2016-06-23|access-date=2016-06-26}}</ref> to patients from all over Southeast Asia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/child-with-structural-defect-gets-help/article8729631.ece|title=Child with structural defect gets help|date=2016-06-15|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-06-26}}</ref> The hospital's Minimal Access Surgery department was the first such department in South Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sgrh.com/subcat.aspx?id=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621084021/http://www.sgrh.com/subcat.aspx?id=6 |url-status=dead |title=Achievements|archive-date=21 June 2009}}</ref>
[[File:Sir Ganga Ram statue at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.jpg|thumb|Sir Ganga Ram statue at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital]]

The hospital catered to the birth of two members of the [[Sikh Empire]] Royal family: Princess Shabnam of Kashmir in 1969 and Princess Aishvarya of Jammu in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalinfo.in/2016/06/14/sir-ganga-ram-hospital/|title=Sir Ganga Ram Hospital|last=Nationalinfo|date=2016-06-14|website=national info|access-date=2016-06-26}}</ref>

The Sir Ganga Ram Hospital received the Award for "Economic Times Best Healthcare brand for Multi-speciality Hospitals in India" presented by J.P.Nadda, the Union Health Minister of Government of India on 26 June 2016.

The Sir Ganga Ram Hospital also provides training to young doctors under the Diplomate in National Board (DNB) program. The DNB program at the hospital was started in 1984 and currently runs the largest number of DNB specialties in the country.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.medikreview.com/hospital/3621/w-pratiksha-hospital.html|title=MedikReview: W Pratiksha hospital|website=www.medikreview.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref> It has the distinction of having the first bone bank in India.
[[File:Entry road of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.jpg|thumb|Entry road of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital]]

On 29 March 2019, the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital became the first large hospital in Delhi to join AB-PMJAY.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://medicaldialogues.in/sir-ganga-ram-hospital-becomes-first-delhi-hospital-to-join-ayushman-bharat-scheme/|title=Sir Ganga Ram Hospital becomes First Big Delhi Hospital to join Ayushman Bharat scheme|date=2019-03-29|newspaper=Medical Dialogues|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (Pakistan)|original hospital]] was first founded in 1921 at [[Lahore]], India (now Pakistan) by [[Sir Ganga Ram]] (1851–1927), a civil engineer and leading philanthropist of his times. Following [[WWII]] and after the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, this second hospital was established in [[New Delhi]] on a plot of land approximately 11 acres.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sgrh.com/aboutus |title=About Us |website=Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The foundation was laid in April 1951 by the then [[Prime Minister of India]] Shri [[Jawahar Lal Nehru]] under the auspices of [[Dharma Vira]], who at the time was also Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. The hospital was later inaugurated by him on 13 April 1954. Dharma Vira, son in law of Sir Gangaram is also known as the Chief Architect and Founder of the Sir Gangaram Hospital in New Delhi.
[[File:Sir Ganga Ram Hospital at night.jpg|thumb|Sir Ganga Ram Hospital's front block at night]]

The hospital nearly closed due to lack of funds in the 1970s. It was restructured by Dr. K.C. Mahajan,<ref name=":0" /> one of New Delhi's notable general surgeons, in 1981. As chairman of the Board of Management, Dr. Mahajan revised the financial and functional structure of the hospital and opened the Mahajan Imaging Diagnostics Centre inside the premises of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.labsadvisor.com/diagnostic-lab/sir-ganga-ram-hospital-rajender-nagar|title=Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (Mahajan Imaging)|website=LabsAdvisor.com}}</ref> He still serves as an Emeritus Consultant in the hospital's department of general surgery. The lessons learned in the 1970s changed the hospital focus from being service oriented to being profitable with a high quality canteen service<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expertinterview/ndtv/expertintid/6/Dr_KC_Mahajan.html|title=Expert Talk – Dr KC Mahajan » DoctorNDTV ....for the better health of Indians|website=doctor.ndtv.com|access-date=2016-06-26}}</ref>

Dr.S.K.Bhandari established the gynaecology and obstetrics Department at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and worked for 58 years before succumbing to heart failure and Covid-19 at the age of 86 years.Dr.Bhandari is said to have delivered several prominent personalities including Congress leaders [[Rahul Gandhi]] and [[Priyanka Gandhi]] and her children.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-14|title=Delhi's top gynaecologist, with Ganga Ram hospital for 58 years, dies of Covid-19|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/renowned-gynaecologist-dr-s-k-bhandari-who-delivered-rahul-and-priyanka-gandhi-dies-of-covid-19-7314206/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://sgrh.com Official website]

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