Dr.Bedekar Hospital is one of the oldest hospital in Thane. It was started about 60 years back in 1950, just three years after the Independence of India in 1947. Thane was a small city then, and Naupada where hospital is situated was a Grampanchayat. The hospital had an advantage of being very close to Thane Station. Next to Hospital was an open ground, Gavdevi Maidan, and there were very few old bungalows with Mangalore tiles in the vicinity. Few blocks away from the hospital was the ancient