Kasturba Hospital
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The Kasturba Hospital was started in 1945 by Dr Sushila Nayyar
. It was a 648 - bed hospital, located in Sevagram
, about 8 km. from Wardha
, and offered tertiary care healthcare facilities to rural patients.
In 1969, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
, a medical school was started and attached to the Kasturba Hospital.
) was developed by the CDAC
, Noida. All the patient information and reports are now online, greatly reducing the paper based record keeping.
Sushila Nayyar
Sushila Nayyar, also spelled 'Nayar' , was the younger sister of Pyarelal Nayyar, personal secretary to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the Gandhis' personal physician.-Biography:...
. It was a 648 - bed hospital, located in Sevagram
Sevagram
Sevagram is Hindi for "A village for service" and the name of a village in the state of Maharashtra, India. This was the place of Mohandas Gandhi's ashram. Previously it was named as Shegaon: it was Mahatma Gandhi who renamed it to Sevagram....
, about 8 km. from Wardha
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 boundaries of district. Founded in 1866, the town is now an...
, and offered tertiary care healthcare facilities to rural patients.
In 1969, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences is run by the Kasturba Health Society. It was earlier affiliated to the Nagpur University and from 1998 to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nasik.-History:...
, a medical school was started and attached to the Kasturba Hospital.
Hospital Information System
The entire hospital is computerized since 2004. The HIS (Hospital Information SystemHospital information system
There are various titles and acronyms which all declare similar approaches to managing the information flow and storage in hospital routine services, as*Hospital Information System , or*Healthcare Information System, or...
) was developed by the CDAC
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing is a research and development organization under the Department of Information Technology, India.-History:...
, Noida. All the patient information and reports are now online, greatly reducing the paper based record keeping.