Who would have thought a munificent donation of USD 22.5 million (Rs 145,24,87,500) to perpetuate a long cherished community institution would end up creating a controversy? When Pervin and Jal Shroff of Hong Kong showered their largesse on The B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital (PGH) in Bombay, they did so with the intention of creating a state-of-the-art, cosmopolitan hospital from whose anticipated surplus revenue the PGH’s losses could be subsidized. The new 200-bed structure to be located in the PGH complex is to be be managed by the Gurgaon based Medanta Group.
What the Shroffs and the PGH managing......