Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College and Dr. R. N. Cooper Municipal General Hospital
# Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College and Dr. R. N. Cooper Municipal General Hospital

The Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College, also known as HBT Medical College, is a public medical college located in Juhu, Mumbai, India. It is owned and operated by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. The medical college is affiliated to Dr. R.N. Cooper Municipal General Hospital.

This is one of the five government medical colleges in the city of Mumbai, out of which four (GSMC, LTMMC, TNMC & HBTMC) come under jurisdiction of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, and GMC comes under the jurisdiction of the Government of Maharashtra. Being one of the five government medical colleges in the city of Mumbai, HBTMC requires UG and PG students to have a very high score in NEET UG & NEET PG.

It was started in 1969 as a maternity home before it was converted into a full-fledged general hospital in 1970. The hospital underwent massive reconstruction after the original building was declared unfit for use in 1999. The first building was created that still stands in the compound that held a 5 story hospital with all new equipment and staff. In 2013, the entire area of the hospital (300+ acres) was converted into the new hospital complex with the leverage of advancement in technology and medicine. The new upgrade, at a cost of ₹321 crore, includes more beds, as well as systems for rainwater harvesting and sewage treatment. The new hospital design includes an infection control design to prevent doctors from contracting tuberculosis while on duty.

## Departments

The hospital/college has the following departments:

* Anaesthesiology
* Anatomy
* Biochemistry
* Community Medicine
* Dentistry & Maxillofacial surgery
* Dermatology & Venereology
* Forensic Medicine
* General Surgery
* Internal Medicine
* Microbiology
* Neurosurgery
* Obstetrics and gynaecology
* Ophthalmology
* Orthopaedics
* Otorhinolaryngology
* Paediatrics
* Pathology
* Pharmacology
* Physiology
* Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy
* Psychiatry
* Pulmonary Medicine
* Radiology

## Incidents

There were protests at the hospital after a patient attacked a nurse in April 2020.

## Sushant Singh Rajput Death

Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai apartment on 14 June 2020. Post mortem of Sushant Singh Rajput was conducted on Cooper hospital late night. While his death was initially ruled a suicide by the Mumbai Police, it now being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

