Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children - BJWHC

bai jerbai wadia hospital for children and research centre (bjwhc) is the first pediatric hospital established in india, meant exclusively to provide comprehensive healthcare to children with a variety of health problems in an affordable manner. the foundation stone for the hospital was laid on 7th march, 1928, when no large hospitals existing at the time had a pediatric department. built in the memory of bai jerbai wadia by her two sons, the late sir cusrow n wadia and the late sir ness n wadia, the 78 bedded hospital which included an orthopedic factory was declared open on 13th december, 1929, by the then governor of bombay, sir frederick sykes. the bombay municipal corporation has continuously and generously contributed to this cooperative endeavor from the time of inception. dr. rn cooper was the first hon. principal medical officer of the hospital. pediatrics made a beginning in mumbai as a specialty in 1928, when dr. george coelho, rightly called the father of indian pediatrics,