Interim Board of Lilavati Hospital hands over charge to trustees

Mumbai: In keeping with a Supreme Court directive, the Chairman of the interim board of trustees at the multi-speciality Lilavati Hospital, Justice (Retd) J N Patel, handed over charge to the board of trustees at a meeting held recently. In the meeting of trustees on 30 April, Justice Patel briefly outlined various activities undertaken by the hospital, during his tenure as the Chairman of the interim board, and described the new initiatives taken by the trust to help the poor and downtrodden in medical care, a press release issued by Trustee Chetan Mehta said here, on Tuesday. [caption id=“attachment_2761752” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Lilavati Hospital website.[/caption] Among the trustees present were Justice Patel (outgoing chairman), Prabodh Mehta, Chetan Mehta, Bhavin Mehta, Niket Mehta, Nanik Rupani, K K Modi and Rekha Sheth. The Supreme Court, in a recent judgement, had disbanded the interim board headed by Justice Patel, and ordered restoration of the board of trustees, according to the release. Kishore Mehta and Charu Mehta, who were held to be permanent trustees by the Charity commissioner, are also on the board of trustees along with Rashmi Mehta and Sushila Mehta. The next meeting of the board of trustees is slated to be held on 5 May, the release added.