P. D. Hinduja Hospital

History and background

P. D. Hinduja Hospital was founded in 1951 by Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja in collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital, the main teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and moved into its East Wing building at the Mahim site in 1963, transforming it from a modest outpatient facility into a full-fledged hospital. It is on Veer Savarkar Marg, near Shivaji Park. It became the first hospital in India to receive the Green and Clean Hospital Platinum Certificate from Bureau Veritas, and has won awards including the IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Award for healthcare quality.

Specialities and centres of excellence

The hospital offers services in more than 45 specialities except obstetrics, with 53 critical care beds, 19 day-care units, 170 consultants and more than 800 nurses and other staff, together with a health screening centre. It was the first private hospital in Mumbai to perform a cadaver kidney transplant and a peripheral blood stem cell transplant, and the first in India to perform an awake craniotomy for epilepsy surgery. Cardiology, oncology, neurology and orthopaedics are among its main strengths.

Technology and facilities

The hospital runs DNB courses in 26 specialities, MSc and PhD programmes, a nursing college and allied health courses, and collaborates with institutions such as Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Stanford University and Henry Ford Health. It is accredited by NABH.

International patients

The hospital has a dedicated international patient services department to help plan and coordinate treatment. Mahim is well connected by rail and road to central Mumbai and the airport.

How AlisPro MediTours supports your treatment

AlisPro MediTours is a medical travel coordination service, not a hospital. We do not provide medical treatment, and clinical decisions always rest with your treating doctors. What we do is make the journey to this hospital easier to plan and less stressful to manage.

After you send your medical reports through our enquiry form, our coordinators share them with the hospital's international patient team and help you obtain a written opinion and an estimated cost. If you decide to go ahead, we can help with the medical visa invitation letter, flight planning, airport pickup, accommodation near the hospital, local transport, interpreter support and appointment scheduling. During your stay we stay in touch with you and your family, and after you return home we help arrange follow-up consultations and access to your records.

Costs, package inclusions and waiting times vary by hospital, doctor and treatment, so we recommend asking for a written estimate that clearly states what is and is not included.

Before you travel

Preparation makes a big difference to how smoothly a medical trip goes. Gather your recent medical reports, imaging (with the discs or digital files), a list of current medicines and any previous operation summaries, and share them early so the hospital can give a realistic opinion before you travel.

Ask the hospital or your coordinator for the expected length of stay, the likely total cost and what it includes, whether a family member may accompany you, and what follow-up will be needed after you return home. Confirm the treating doctor's name, the accreditation of the department you will use and how emergencies are handled.

Most international patients enter India on a medical visa, which normally requires an invitation letter from the hospital. Check the validity of your passport, arrange travel insurance that covers medical travel where possible, and plan for extra days in case treatment or recovery takes longer than expected. Keep copies of all documents on your phone and in your luggage.

Travel guide: Mumbai

Mumbai is served by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, and hospitals are typically 30 to 90 minutes from the airport depending on the neighbourhood and traffic, which can be heavy, so it helps to allow extra time for appointments. The city has suburban trains, Metro lines, taxis and ride-hailing apps. Hotels and serviced apartments are available across the suburbs and south Mumbai. The monsoon from June to September brings heavy rain, and the most comfortable months are November to February. Hindi, Marathi and English are widely spoken.