The Kasturba Hospital was started in 1945 by Dr Sushila Nayyar. It is a 1000-bed hospital, located in

Sevagram Sevagram (meaning "A town for/of service") is a town in the state of Maharashtra, India. It was the place of Mahatma Gandhi's ashram and his residence from 1936 to his death in 1948. After Sabarmati, Sevagram Ashram holds immense importance d ...

, about 8 km from

Wardha Wardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Wardha district. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows at the north, west and south bounda ...

, and offers tertiary care healthcare facilities to rural patients. In 1969, the

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) is India’s first rural medical college, nestled in the karmabhoomi of Mahatma Gandhi, in Sevagram. It is managed by the Kasturba Health Society. The college was earlier affiliated to t ...

, a medical school, was founded and attached to the Kasturba Hospital.

Hospital Information System

The entire hospital has been computerized since 2004. The HIS (

Hospital Information System A hospital information system (HIS) is an element of health informatics that focuses mainly on the administrational needs of hospitals. In many implementations, a HIS is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage all the a ...

) was developed by the CDAC, Noida. All the patient information and reports are now online, improving professional access and greatly reducing the paper-based record keeping.

References

{{reflist Hospital buildings completed in 1945 Hospitals in Maharashtra Hospitals established in 1945 Wardha district Memorials to Kasturba Gandhi 1945 establishments in India