The 101-year-old Seth Rustamji Dhanjibhai Tarachand Parsi General Hospital is refurbishing some of its departments, Surat Parsi Panchayat (SPP) chairman Jamshed Dotivala told Parsiana on March 4, 2021. A new sonography machine has been installed. Pipelines are being laid for the supply of oxygen to beds in the general ward. "New equipment is being purchased for the laboratory… We have received a donation of Rs 20 lakhs from the N. M. Wadia Charity Trust,” he noted. The languishing Parsi-only Hospital with a one-time peak capacity of "nearly 100 beds” currently has only 10 beds occupied, noted Rohinton Mehta, SPP chief executive officer.
Top and above l : Seth Rustamji Dhanjibhai Tarachand Parsi General Hospital;
above r: new ultra sound machine
Currently admissions are available to community members only, though members of sister communities can avail of certain outpatient services like X-rays and sonography. In a letter dated September 29, 2020 to the community, Dotivala had stated that "it is becoming very difficult to manage the Hospital and provide service to the community.” It was proposed to "apply to the Charity Commissioner’s office to allow us to convert the Hospital to a cosmopolitan one, once we get a firm confirmation of a sizeable donation of about five crore rupees (USD 683,428) for the first phase of the repairs and renovations of the existing buildings.” Dotivala told Parsiana that the application has not been made yet.