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The GSBS Medical Trust was born out of the parent body, Gowd
Saraswat Brahman Sabha, (Matunga) Mumbai, a social and
cultural outfit. Initially a few prominent doctors and
well-wishers of the community got together and started a
health awareness centre, a medical service wing of the Sabha
in 1967. Later immunization service to the children below
the age group of 5 years was added. Gradually this was
shifted to Dwarkanath Mutt, Wadala, for the sake of
convenience and for better availability of space. GSBS Trust
is ever grateful to the then Smd Dwarkanath Thirth Swamiji
of Shree Gokarn Parthagali Jeevottam Mutt for generously
accommodating this activity at the premises of Dwarkanath
Bhavan , free of cost.
This was where the nascent diagnostic centre was established.
However,
the popularity of these
programes prompted our foresighted elders to look for a
bigger place to continue these activities and also add more
medical services.
The
pioneering group of founding Trustees viz, Dr. A.P. Pai, Dr.
V.R. Prabhu, Dr. K.V. Pai, Dr. B.M. Acharya, Mr. A.M. Kamath
Mr. K.K. Kamath, Mr. H. Anandrao and Mr. N.K. Gaitonde were
full of verve and vigour to push the project forward on its
path of success. The goal was clear and the way to it was
well defined.
Their struggle yielded results in getting a new place at
Shilpa Apartment, Dasturwadi, Dadar. By this time this was
formed into a Public Trust in 1973, an autonomous body, and
was named GSBS Medical Trust, under the aegis of the
Charity Commissioner, Mumbai as a non-profit, non-communal
autonomous body.
It has since gone on from strength to strength and never
looked back.
The
initial years of operation also encouraged many
liberal-minded individuals to lend their helping hand.
Sizeable donations poured in at the right junctures and
helped the Trust to equip many of its departments with
modern machines.
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