"What Dr Hormusji Masina started was not just a hospital — it was a legacy of care and inclusion,” writes Dr Gustad Davar, surgeon and trustee. "Every decision we make today is shaped by the foundation he laid, and our responsibility is to carry it forward with relevance and purpose.”
More than a century after its founding, the Masina Hospital continues to advance the philanthropic and medical legacy of its founder, notes a write-up sent to Parsiana by chief operating officer Dr Akash Rajpal of the Masina Hospital Trust. In the early 1990s Masina, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, envisioned "a charitable hospital open to all communities, rooted in compassion and service.” Blending this legacy with modern healthcare, the Hospital now offers state of the art equipment and diagnostic tools, postgraduate teaching programs, modern sports medicine, dialysis and a Neuro Rehabilitation Center which includes aqua therapy and other services for pain management.
Masina Hospital; inset: bust of Jerbai Masina
From l: Homi Katgara, Dr Gustad Davar, Khushrow Major
In the lobby of the Center is a large reception area surrounded by smaller treatment cubicles. Aqua therapy is available in a separate room where patients can either walk in the water or cycle in it. Specialized treadmills, balance bars, steppers, traction beds and spinal decompression beds and other available equipment can also be used to treat sports injuries. The Center is open to all communities and the 25-bed Parsi ward continues to serve the needs of an aging community.
The Hospital has, in collaboration with the Empowering Mobeds initiative supported by the World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust Funds, started customized preventive health check-up programs for mobeds, providing priests and their spouses with much-needed medical evaluations.
Recent additions to the infrastructure have been made possible through sustained support of the Parsi community and other well-wishers such as the Rotary Club of Bombay Pier and Sanathan Textiles Limited. "We take donor trust seriously,” writes Homi Katgara, managing trustee. "Every contribution is transparently deployed into measurable, high-impact upgrades that directly benefit patients.”
The Hospital has received multiple awards for excellence in healthcare. "These recognitions are not just awards; they validate the work our teams do every single day,” writes chief executive officer Khushrow Major. "Our doctors, nurses and staff are deeply committed to delivering modern medicine with traditional values, and that’s what sets us apart,” he adds.