India, Oct. 4 -- After Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital (DMH) and Mai Mangeshkar Hospital, the city will now be home to a 1,000-bed super speciality surgical hospital in memory of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. It will be developed on a sprawling 40-acre campus in Nandoshi off Sinhagad Road.

Trustees of the Lata Mangeshkar Medical Foundation (LMMF), which has been running the Deenanath and Mai hospitals for 24 years now, said the proposal for the new hospital has been submitted to the state government for approval.

The proposed hospital will be named Lata Mangeshkar Institute of Medical Sciences and will house a 1,000-bed super speciality surgical facility in the first phase. Later, the Trust plans on opening separate hospitals for reha...