Plight of The Parsi Lying in Hospital in Mumbai

Thanks to the Zoroastrian Net, I was delighted to read of the existence of the Mehta Parsi Lying-In Hospital at Navsari. A maternity hospital established by the community donors to provide comfort & care to the community ladies in their hour of need, in this small town. A facility which started way back in 1912 for Parsi ladies only, as just a 4-bedded healthcare facility in the Mehta Cottage. The requirement was such that within a short span of a few years it had to be moved into the larger premises of the Mehta Hall. It soon grew from strength to strength into the present secular, multi-specialty healthcare facility for all. This brings into focus the dedication & dynamism displayed by the Trustees of the Hospital, past & present.

It is believed that a few years after its establishment the usage of the facilities by our community ladies reduced, making the functioning of the establishment financially unviable. The Management was thus compelled to seek an amendment to the Trust Deed to allow members of all communities the usage of the facilities. It was thereafter re-christened as The Dorabji Nanabhoy Mehta Sarvajanik (Cosmopolitan/Secular) Hospital.