Lists this hospital appears on
- Position as printed24 Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: India (opens the publisher’s list in a new tab) Statista scored hospitals within each country on hospital quality metrics (40 per cent), peer recommendations from an online survey of medical experts (30 per cent national, 5 per cent international), patient experience data (18.5 per cent) and its PROMs Implementation Survey (6.5 per cent), and lists specialised hospitals separately without a rank.
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About the hospital
Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital is in Mumbai. According to its website, it was formerly Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, was inaugurated in 1950 by Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, and has been reintroduced under its current name. The website’s milestones section dates the institution to 1946 and names Ratilal Manilal Nanavati as its founder. It describes a facility of more than 595 beds housing 55 speciality departments.
Max Healthcare Institute’s earnings presentation filed on 13 August 2026 classifies Nanavati Max Hospital as a managed healthcare facility run under an O&M agreement valid until 2048, after a five-year extension agreed in April 2025. The same presentation shows a current capacity of 608 beds for Mumbai, and Max said additional beds would become operational at Nanavati-Max during the July to September 2026 quarter.
Facts
- Beds
- 608 beds (Max Healthcare earnings presentation, 13 August 2026, current capacity for Mumbai)
- Opened
- 1950 (inaugurated, hospital website)
- Name on the Newsweek list
- Nanavati-Max Super Speciality Hospital
- Former name
- Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital (hospital website)
- Speciality departments
- 55 (hospital website)
- Management agreement
- O&M agreement with Max Healthcare valid until 2048, extended by five years in April 2025 (Max Healthcare filing, August 2026)
- Network
- One of 21 healthcare facilities in the Max Healthcare network (Max Healthcare filing, August 2026)
Questions readers ask
Who runs Nanavati-Max Super Speciality Hospital?
Max Healthcare Institute Limited manages the hospital under an operations and management agreement valid until 2048, according to Max's August 2026 earnings presentation.
How many beds does Nanavati-Max Super Speciality Hospital have?
Max Healthcare's earnings presentation of 13 August 2026 shows a current capacity of 608 beds for Mumbai, where Nanavati Max is its listed hospital. The hospital's website describes a facility of more than 595 beds.
What was Nanavati-Max Super Speciality Hospital formerly called?
Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital. The hospital's website says it was inaugurated in 1950 by Jawaharlal Nehru and has been reintroduced as Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital.
Sources
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