The hospital has its genesis in Scotland.

The Lord Provost William

Henderson made an endowment to his daughter Dr. Agnes
Henderson (born on 24 September 1865) in memory of his late wife to
enable her to become a medical missionary.

In 1890, at the age of 25, Agnes Henderson arrived in Mumbai and

stayed for six months to learn Marathi and to study health services in
the city.

In 1891, Henderson started her work in Nagpur, then a small British

village, with three Indian helpers, a dispenser and a woman
interpreter. Ratnabai Stevenson from Tamil Nadu, was the first senior
colleague of Henderson.

On 17 May 1896, the foundation stone was laid for Mure Memorial
Hospital. Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser who was the Chief
Commissioner of Central Provinces at Nagpur, leased 12.75 acres of
land at Sitabuldi, the current campus.

A generous donation of 2000 pounds was made by Helen & Mary

Mure from Scotland in memory of their brother. On 26 June 1896, the
hospital became operational with 24 beds. Henderson shepherded her
team through famine of 1896-97 saving many lives.

The foundation for the new hospital building was laid on March 2,
1985 and started functioning from January 15, 1987. What started as
a small rural clinic has now branched out into a multi-specialty
hospital. The infrastructure of the hospital includes general, semi-
private and private wards, 8-bedded well equipped ICCU, 4 fully
equipped Operation Theatres, 24-hours pharmacy and ambulance
services.

The hospital has been stewarded in its long and successful journey of
almost 125 years by 14 committed leaders who have zealously
guarded the purity of its mission and its founding values. Its current
director, Vilas Shende, who is heading it since June 2006, has all
along devoted his life to the welfare of marginalized communities. He
has been very actively involved in tribal rehabilitation work and has
worked in tough geographical and social terrains.

Community Outreach Programs

In 1897, Henderson and staff members began visiting the local

villages for medical and missionary work, taking healthcare to the poor
and marginalized. Her well known “Off to Camp” slogan later became
the foundation for the community health activities of the hospital. The
village work of the hospital was revived in 1970 under the leadership
of Dr. S. N. Mukherji, the then Director. A base center was established
at Shivangoan village, 13 kms from Nagpur, with 24-hour medical and
delivery facilities. In addition to it, four sub-centres were established in
different villages, each having an auxiliary nurse midwife and a social
worker.

The Sure Start project for Mother and Child Health which was funded
by PATH International reached out to 1,50,000 women and children
and helped in increasing the institutional deliveries and decreasing the
maternal and neonatal mortalities.

The hospital has an extensive community health outreach program. It

has been organising medical camp and home /area visits for
promoting awareness among local people.