On 15^thFebruary, 2020, Mumbai’s Masina Hospital inaugurated the ‘Masina Wellness Center’ to provide comprehensive services for mental healthcare, in the presence of Jaithirth Rao – Ex-CEO of MphasiS; Dr. Pheroza Godrej – art historian, environmentalist and author; and Dr. VihangV ahia – Psychiatrist, Breach Candy Hospital.

Equipped with one of the finest mental health set-ups in the private sector, Masina Hospital offers highly specialized Mental Healthcare andPsycho-Social Rehabilitative Services andTherapies, all under one roof. Comprising highly trained doctors andtherapists, the Department provides solutions for evaluation, diagnosis and treatment from general well-being of mind and psychopharmacology, to psychological testing, child and adolescentpsychological health and addiction rehabilitation. Masina’s mental health department offers services with personalized treatments, intensive mental healthcare to all with underlying medical complications. Masina Hospital has adopted a multidisciplinary treatment approach where patients are constantly under observation ofdoctors, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, and occupational/ recreational therapists.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. VispiJokhi, CEO of Masina Hospital, said, “The health care scenario of India and Mumbai has been rapidly changing and evolving. However, recent data has shown that there are just 4,000 experts to treat mental health illnesses for a staggering 7.5% of the population of India. Despite this, there is no dedicated facility to mental health, especially in the city of Mumbai. Keeping this in mind, we decided to build the Masina Wellness Center to fill this void.”

“Safety and privacy for our patients is top priority. We now regularly incorporate art-based therapy, animal assisted therapy, dance movement therapy, psychodrama, and yoga in the healing to provide better service to our patients,” informed Dr. Natasha Kate, Psychiatrist, Masina Hospital.

Masina Hospital has dedicated two and a half floors to its Psychiatry Ward which comprises 69 functional beds (with air-conditioned general wards, twin sharing and deluxe rooms) with 24×7 security facilities. Interventions offered at MasinaHospital have helped patients with depression and mood disorders, suicidaltendencies, post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), seizure disorders, psychosis,bipolar disorder,obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), sex related disorders,anxiety disorder and many more.

Based in Byculla, Mumbai, Masina Hospital offers services that modern healthcare demands. It is a 270 bedded multi-specialty hospital. The burns unit at Masina was started in the seventies and is in the leading status even today. Masina hospital has one of the three skin banks in the city and the only one in South Mumbai. Started over a year ago, the skin bank has added a new dimension to the burns care offered in Masina Hospital. This is in tune with the endeavor to provide the highest quality of care to the burn victims. The Department of Psychiatry at Masina is one of the finest psychiatric units in the country. They not only offer world class psychiatric services and therapies, but also have a separate DRC (Drug Rehabilitation Centre).

Equipped with the latest technology in the OPD, Diagnostic and ICU department, the Cardiac Unit of Masina Hospital offers its patients with its best trained doctors to offer their services. Other noteworthy departments are the Mother and Child services and Orthopedic services.