Ruby Hall Clinic
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Ruby Hall Clinic is a prominent hospital in Pune, India. It is a 535-bed hospital
Hospital
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 facility with a staff of 150 consultants, 500 panel doctor
Physician
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s and 1400 paramedic
Paramedic
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al staff. Ruby Hall Clinic has state of the art facilities in cardiology
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...

, cardiac surgery
Cardiac surgery
Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart...

, neurology
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...

, nuclear science center, diagnostic center, intensive care unit
Intensive Care Unit
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s, a blood bank
Blood bank
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 and cancer
Cancer
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 unit.

Ruby Hall Clinic was established in 1959 by Dr. K B Grant. It started modestly but has now grown to a mammoth facility. In 1966, Ruby Hall Clinic was converted from a private institution owned by Dr. Grant to a public charitable trust
Charitable trust
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, Poona Medical Foundation. It was later converted to the Grant Medical Foundation in 2000, of which Dr. Grant is the chairman and managing trustee. Late Shri Keshrimal Sanghvi from the now defunct Patent Tiffin Carrier (PTC) company of Pune donated the Cancer Research Wing to the hospital in the 70s. A member of the current generation of the Sanghvi family still serves as a Trustee of the Grant Medical Foundation. Other Trustees include Mr. Rahul Bajaj, Dr. Neelkath Kalyani, Dr. Naushad Forbes, Dr. Ravindra Gulati, Mr. Dara Damania and Dr. Purvez Grant.
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