Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital Jaipur is a private trust-managed autonomous fee-for-services and not-for-profit hospital that the late Khailshanker Durlabhji conceptualised in the course of his daily walks with Dr Tarachand ji Gangwal who was a friend family physician and a dedicated and esteemed doctor of the time.A prominent jeweller of the city Khailshanker ji was devoted to the idea of delivering the best healthcare to the people of Rajasthan in an affordable package. Santokba came into being on November 29 1971 and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. It was the first private hospital in the state. It started modestly with only 80 beds and six specialties.Forty years later it is a multidisciplinary 551-bed tertiary care hospital. It houses several wards operation theatres ICUs laboratories utility services specialties and super specialties including one of the best blood banks in the country catering to the entire state of Rajasthan.