According to the firm carrying out the restoration work, it has decorative elements. The second phase of the restoration work includes restoring the interior structure and integral parts such as the structural remains.
The second phase of the civic-run ENT specialty hospital in Fort will be completed before mid-2018. The work on the final restoration started earlier this year.
According to the firm carrying out the restoration work, it has decorative elements. The second phase of the restoration work includes restoring the interior structure and integral parts such as the structural remains.
Speaking about the challenges faced during the work, Rahul Chemburkar from Vaastuvidhaan Project, said, "The challenge is to enhance the structure and update the hospital's facilities. There is no specific single architectural design in the structure. It has fusion design related to Gothic, neo-classic style architecture. In phase one which was completed in 2011, the work done on the hospital includes structural repairs and roof repairs to name a few."
The Civic-run ENT Hospital is a historic structure which was constructed in 1904 to house the offices of the Bombay Improvement Trust (BIT) and later the structure was converted into a hospital in 1964.
"The restoration work will also include work on towers which were demolished," Chemburkar added.
It is one of the oldest civic-run hospitals in the city. He said, "Before starting with the restoration work, we had to conduct a research to get detailed information about the historic structure and restore it accordingly. We conducted the research work to understand and document the structure."
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is funding the hospital restoration work which amounts to over Rs 18 crore. The civic body proposed the restoration project of the hospital in 2008.
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