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Year
Milestones
 
1931
Establishment of Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital and Sheth Chinai Maternity Hospital.
1933
Mahatma Gandhi visited the Hospital.
1948
Orthopaedic and Paediatric Wards were separately constructed.
1950
Permission was given for Post Graduation(M.D. & M.S.) of Medical Education.
1953
Permission was given for Graduation(M.B.B.S) of Medical Education.
1957
Establishment of Sheth K.M. School of Post Graduate Medicine and Research.
1958
Cobalt Bomb was launched for the treatment of Cancer Patients.
1958
Establishment of T.M. Institute of Physio Therapy.
1962
Services for Cardiac Surgery were started.
1963
Establishment of Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College in the compound of Sheth V.S. Hospital.
1964
Establishment of Department of Neuro Surgery, Paediatrics, E.N.T. Surgery and thus specialized services began.
1973
Establishment of Intensive Coronary Care Department for extensive services for patients having heart diseases.
1973
Beginning of Dialysis Services, specially for the cure of patients having Kidney diseases.
1977
Establishment of Emergency Ward to take special care and cure of the patients coming in critical situation.
1979
Development of Medicine, Surgery and Gynaecology departments. Starting of new Orthopedic Theatre with latest technology and a separate air-conditioned department for burns started.
1981
Celebration of Golden Jubilee Function.
1982
Services as separate rooms for the patients of Paediatric ward, Surgical ward and Orthopaedic ward no.5.
1985
Honorable Home Minister of Gujarat State inaugurated renovated Intensive Coronary Care Unit having latest equipments.
1985
Honorable Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi visited the hospital for patients affected by riots.
1986

Honorable Health Minister of Gujarat State inaugurated Shri Popatlal Ravechand Shah – Paediatrics Department which was newly constructed by the help of Rs. Six Lakhs given by Shri Popatlal Charities and newly constructed- newly born children department which was constructed by the charity of Rs. Two Lakhs given by the relatives of late Shri Dhanubhai Ambalal Chokshi.

1986
Honorable Mayor of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has kept open the General Semi Special Ward no. 15 and Pre and Post Operating Surgical Ward having 24 and 12 beds respectively in the services of the patients.
1987
Educational course of M.C.H. Neuro Surgery started.
Gujarat State’s first open Heart surgery operation was done on 27-07-1987 in the Hospital.
1988
Educational Course of M.C.H. Plastic Surgery in Smt. S.C.L. General Hospital which is attached with Sheth K.M. School of Post Graduate in Medicine and Research has started.
1991
Ex-Central Minister of Information and Broad Casting and Minister of Opposition Party of Parliament - Shri L.K. Advani inaugurated Shri Somabhai Lallubhai Charitable Trust Open Heart Surgery.
1991
Beginning of the Educational Course of M.C.H. Paediatrics Surgery and C.T. Surgery.
1992
Member of Parliament Shri Harinbhai Pathak inaugurated newly constructed air-conditioned Burns Ward built above Casualty Department on 09-02-1992.
1993
Satnam Cold Water House was constructed in the place situated between Sheth Chinai Maternity Hospital and Voluntary Blood Bank for the patients and their relatives.
1994
National Sanitation Improvement Foundation(NASA) has given the land to the hospital to build the center for lavatory/bath. This center was kept open for public on 06-08-1994.
1995
First Coronary Bypass Surgery operation on 16-11-1995.
1995
Honourable Mayor of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation inaugurated whole body CT Scan Center on 16-11-1995.
1996

Press Conference was held on 19-12-1996.
50 Knee Cap Replacement operations were done.

1997
Honorable Mayor of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation inaugurated 2-D Eco Color Doppler and I.C.C.U. Ward on 28-10-1997.
1999
Late Shri Suresh BrahmaKumar Bhatt Physiotherapy school was opened in June 1999.
2000
Beginning of Alka Neonetal Care Unit on 03-01-2000.
2000
Beginning of the Kalupur Commercial Bank Cardiac Cath Lab and Post Cardiac Care Unit on 22-06-2000.
2000
Inauguration of renovated airconditioned Sheth Kanaiyalal Motilal Auditorium on 22-06-2000.
2001
Beginning of Voluntary H.I.V. testing Center in February.
2002
Foundation of Late Shri Suresh BrahmaKumar Bhatt Physiotherapy School.
2003
Existing Burns ward is being modernized and renamed to 'Gujarat Treatment Service Society and Blind Faith(Ireland) Burns Ward' by Honorable Governor Shri Sundarsinh Bhandari on 06-01-2003.
2003

Beginning of Blood Component Separation Unit in Blood Bank.

2004
Opening of New Medical Ward by O.N.G.C. by giving donation of worth Rs. 35 lacs.
2004
Counter Part International (U.S.A.) has given 226 pcs. wheelchair to the hospital worth Rs. 22,76,771/-.
     
     
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