The Cama & Albless Hospital is a major hospital for women and children in the city of Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, with 367 beds.

History

It was attacked during the 2008 Mumbai attacks

2008 Mumbai attacks

The 2008 Mumbai attacks were more than 10 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai, India's largest city, by Islamist attackers who came from Pakistan...

. It appears that the situation at Cama Hospital has been resolved as of Thursday morning; however, it is unknown whether the gunmen fled or were killed. ATS Chief Mr. Hemant Karkare, Encounter Specialist, Mr. Vijay Salaskar and Senior Inspector Mr. Ashok Kamte fell prey to the bullets of the terrorists at the Cama Hospital.

External links

• Cama and Albless Hospital - listing at the India Education Network

• Cama Albless Hospital (Dhobi Talao; 367 beds - Municipal hospitals in Mumbai)

• Nitin Yeshwantrao and Hemali Chhapia, "Panic-stricken patients walk out of Cama hospital", Times of India, 28 November, 2008.