Hidden behind the high walls in the Karelibaug area of the city is the Mental Hospital (earlier known as Lunatic Asylum) of Baroda. It was to treat the mentally ill patients on opened on 28th June 1898. Before this Asylum opened, dangerous lunatics were confined & treated in the Central Jail, under the Magistrate’s Order. Originally planned only for 28…
Hospital
Established in the year 1952, Maharani Shantadevi Hospital is yet another example of neglect of authorities towards heritage. Located on the Indira Avenue (Jail Road), it was demolished by the authorities to raise a commercial complex. Earlier the building used to function as an office for the Gaekwads, with the hospital only being established in the year 1952. It is…
Jamnabai Hospital, the only stately building on the road from Mandvi towards the Pani gate, was actually built as the State’s military HQ, in 1882 . Within a few years of being the HQ , the building was adapted to become the first major public hospital in the state and was named after Maharani Jamnabai, the adoptive mother of Sayajirao. The…
Just like every other field, Baroda State also excelled in the field of Health care. And, Sir Sayajirao General Hospital (SSG Hospital) was the forefront of these health-related initiatives led by Maharaja Sayajrao Gaekwad III and his minister Diwan T. Madhavrao. Earlier known as the Countess of Dufferin Hospital, it was commissioned in the late 1870s. Completed in the year…