HOLISTIC CONSERVATION PROPOSAL FOR SIR DAVID SASSOON HOSPITAL CAMP, PUNE

❖ THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION OF SASSOON A JEWISH MERCHANT FAMILY IN THE FORM OF THE DAVID SASSOON HOSPITAL (OLD SASSOON BUILDING) SERVING THE PEOPLE FROM 1867

❖ THE HOSPITAL COULD ORIGINALLY ACCOMMODATE 144 PATIENTS.

❖ BUILT IN NEO GOTHIC STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE

❖ THE CLOCK TOWER OF DAVID SASSOON HOSPITAL IS A LANDMARK IN THE CITY

❖ AVTAR MEHER BABA WAS BORN IN THE OLD MATERNITY WARD IN THE HOSPITAL, THAT WARD IS DEMOLISHED IN 2007.

❖ MAHATMA GANDHI WAS OPERATED UPON FOR AN EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY IN 1924 BY BRITISH SURGEON COL. MURDOCH, WITH AN INDIAN ANAESTHETIST DR. DATEY IN ATTENDANCE

❖ ENTIRE SASSOON HOSPITAL IS DESIGNATED HERITAGE GRADE – (NO 64 CAMPUS BY PMC.

David Sassoon Hospital Column Design Detailings

DAVID SASSOON HOSPITAL DETAILS OF PROPOSED CHAJJA DESIGN

DAVID SASSOON HOSPITAL DETAILS OF PROPOSED FINIALS ON ROOF

DAVID SASSOON HOSPITAL DETAILS OF PROPOSED ROOF CRESTING, ROMAN CLOCK AND ROSE WINDOW

PROPOSED ROOF CRESTING

ROMAN CLOCK

ROSE WINDOW

David Sassoon Hospital Details Proposed Interiors For Library