Ursula Horsman Memorial Hospital
Ursula Horsman Memorial Hospital (UHM Hospital) or Ursula Hospital is a government hospital situated at Mall Road in the Indian city of Kanpur. Founded in 1937, the hospital was named after Sir Henry Horsman's wife, Ursula Horsman,[1] who had died in an aircraft accident approaching Alexandria in 1935.
Type | Public |
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Established | 1937 |
Endowment | ₹11.24 billion (US$160 million) per annum |
President | Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India |
Academic staff | 1250 |
Location | Kanpur , India |
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Sir Henry Horsman, MC, a prominent industrialist, founder of Swadeshi Mills and President of the Chamber of Commerce for Upper India for many years, established another large hospital in the memory of his mother, the Alice Horsman Memorial Hospital and Dufferin Hospital. Both hospitals, together with a third built in Sir Henry Horsman’s memory are still used as government hospitals in Kanpur.[1]
In 2010, a five-story private ward was added to the hospital.[2]
References
- "Ursula Horsman Memorial Hospital's 75th establishment day today". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- "Private ward inaugurated at UHM Hospital". The Times of India. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2020.