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Mumbai Prepares Hospitals for Dahi Handi Govinda Injuries
Mumbai is getting hospitals ready for the Dahi Handi festival on Saturday.
During the celebration, Govindas form human pyramids to reach a pot.
Some participants can fall and get hurt.
The city has reserved more than 150 hospital beds for them.
Doctors who treat bones, emergencies and eye injuries will be ready.
Hospitals are also checking their medicines, medical supplies and testing machines.
JJ Hospital has set aside 10 intensive-care beds and 30 emergency beds.
Officials are being extra careful because many Govindas were injured during celebrations in recent years.
The BMC has reserved more than 150 beds across 20 municipal hospitals for possible Govinda injuries.
Emergency, orthopaedic and trauma teams will be on standby at KEM, Nair, Sion and Cooper hospitals.
Hospitals have been told to stock medicines, injections, dressing supplies and plaster-of-Paris material.
JJ Hospital has reserved 10 ICU beds and 30 emergency ward beds, with more available if needed.
The preparations follow reports of 200-plus injuries in 2022, 245 in 2024 and 318 in 2025.
- Who
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, state-run hospitals, doctors and Govindas are involved.
- What
- Hospitals are reserving beds and preparing emergency medical teams and supplies for possible Dahi Handi injuries.
- Where
- Across Mumbai, including 16 BMC suburban hospitals, four major BMC hospitals and the JJ Hospital group.
- When
- The celebrations are scheduled for Saturday; the article does not specify the exact date.
- Why
- Previous Dahi Handi celebrations resulted in hundreds of reported Govinda injuries, including fractures and eye injuries.
Key facts
- Beds reserved by BMC hospitals
- More than 150
- BMC hospitals covered
- 16 suburban hospitals and four major hospitals
- Major hospitals named
- KEM, Nair, Sion and Cooper
- JJ Hospital ICU beds
- 10
- JJ Hospital emergency beds
- 30
- Reported injuries in 2022
- More than 200 Govindas
- Reported injuries in 2024 and 2025
- 245 in 2024 and 318 in 2025
Sources
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