India, March 4 -- A South Mumbai hospital, almost as old as India's independence, is the latest facility to face the perils of urban transformation. Ruxmani Lying-In Hospital opposite Babulnath Temple will soon move to Nana Chowk to enable a luxury high rise to come up in its place.

"Our hospital building is over a century old. Although it is made of stone, the structural condition has deteriorated over the years in the portion where the healthcare facility has existed for 78 years," said Dr Jageshwar P Pandey, medical director of the Ruxmani Lying-In Hospital. "We will move out by April-May."

Ruxmani Hospital is a Grade 3 heritage structure, which means that it can be demolished for reconstruction if it is in bad shape or if the new bu...