MASINA GETS RCB TREATMENT
Departments inaugurated: Accident & Emergency department, Orthopaedic OT, Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery department, Burns Department, Endoscopy Department and NICU Department.
On May 24th, 2019, around 30-35 Rotarians gathered to witness the inauguration of several departments of Rotary Club of Bombay’s landmark project at the 109-year-old Masina Hospital, Byculla, Mumbai. A spend of over Rs 400 lakh makes this the largest in RCB’s 90- year history.
Masina Hospital is a 270-bed facility that specialises in General Medicine, General Surgery and Paediatric, and several multi-facility departments. It was Managing Trustee Rtn. Homi Katgara who proposed that the Rotary Club of Bombay help upgrade facilities.
DG Rtn. Shashi Sharma, DGN Rtn. Rajendra Agarwal and two other Rotarians from the Panvel Club were also present. RCB thanks Arvind Poddar and Vijaylaxmi Poddar who donated Rs. 1,80,00,000, against which we received a Global Grant of US$ 3,42,500 in (INR 2,45,59,997.13), Varunn Mody, Hindustan Composites, for a donation of Rs. 53,00,000, against which we made a Global Grant application and received US$ 1,13,973.11 (in INR 81,85,000.95). The total Global Grant received was US$ 4,56,473.11 (in INR 3,27,44,998.08). Total funds donated by Rotarians was INR 2,33,00,000.
A big thanks to Rtn. Gaurav Nevatia for executing the project, PP Rtn. Sandip Agarwalla for his guidance, and Dr. Vispi Jokhi, Medical Director, Masina Hospital for his cooperation. Lastly, RCB thanks its Global Grant partner, the Rotary Club of Ramlah, Israel.
We shall be upgrading the ENT department further at an outlay of Rs. 1 crore for which Rtn. Ashok and Yogesh Mahansaria have already contributed towards the Global Grant.
