B.D. Petit Parsee General Hospital

In 1896, India experienced a serious famine, while the people in Mumbai suffered from many deadly diseases. Navroji Hormusji Patuck, manager of Petit Mills, proposed to the Petit family of setting up a hospital for the Parsee community. The hospital was founded by the noted Parsi Industrialist Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit.^[1] He offered Rs 500 and initiated the funding.^[1] Navroji Nusserwanji Wadia and Dr. Kekhushroo N Bahadurji donated Rs 10,000 on behalf of Parsee Panchayat. They set up a temporary hospital in Parel.^[1] Bomanji gave his property in Cumballa Hill Family Hotel and securities of INR50,000. The committee accepted his donation and agreed to name the hospital after him.^[1] In 1907, the foundation for the hospital was laid by the Governor of Bombay Sir George Clark. To run the hospital, it receives donations from the Zoroastrian community.^[2]