The
original hospital was first founded in 1921 at
Lahore, British India (now Pakistan) by
Sir Ganga Ram (1851–1927), a civil engineer and leading philanthropist of his times. Following
WWII and after the
Partition of India in 1947, this second hospital was established in
New Delhi on a plot of land approximately 11 acres. The lessons learned in the 1970s changed the hospital focus from being service oriented to being profitable with a high quality canteen service. Dr.S.K.Bhandari established the gynaecology and obstetrics Department at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and worked for 58 years before succumbing to heart failure and COVID-19 at the age of 86 years. Dr.Bhandari is said to have delivered several prominent personalities including Congress leaders
Rahul Gandhi and
Priyanka Gandhi and her children. ==References==