Institute of HIV/AIDS care and treatment

In 1994 the Hospital enlarged its mission to address the challenges brought about by HIV/AIDS. This was at a time when hospitals were refusing to admit them, Government had no program and Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) was not available. Families abandoned patients and dead bodies were not even claimed due to the high level of stigma and discrimination.

Bel-Air pioneered the treatment and care of HIV/AIDS patients in India and is today recognized as one of the best treatment centers in the country. Bel-Air has treated more than twenty five thousand HIV/AIDS patients to date. The visit of Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam, as the President of India, in 2003 was a stamp of approval on the work of Bel-Air. Fr.Tomy K MCBS, Director, Bel-Air Hospital was first appointed as the Civil Society representative to CCM( Country Coordinating Mechanism) of UN-GFATM (Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria) and later as the Chairperson of TRG(Technical Resource Group) for Community Care Centres in NACO for 2 terms

Times of India Healthcare Achievers Award 2014

With TB making a resurgence in India, Bel-Air started Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB patients. As part of the RNTCP Bel-Air is running a TB Unit and DR TB Center for Government of Maharashtra.

Bel-Air Hospital was awarded the Times of India Healthcare Achievers Award 2014 for being the best in India in the category of "Innovation in Managing Long-term Conditions”.

Bel-Air College of Nursing

Another attraction in this campus is the Nursing College, which is the recognised as one of best in India. The college has collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago and Columbia University, New York. Bel-Air nurses are placed in several reputed hospitals like Mumbai like Breach Candy. College website: www.belaircollegeofnursing.org.

Simultaneously, a 2-year Nursing Training Program for Midwives, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson is being conducted for 60 poor rural girls.