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{{Infobox university
|name = Ursula Horsman Hospital
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|established = 1937
|type = [[Public university|Public]]
|endowment = {{INRConvert|11.24|b}} per annum
|administrative_staff = 510
|faculty = 1250
|president = [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Minister for Health and Family Welfare]], [[Government of India]]
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|undergrad = 12
|postgrad = 46
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|city = Kanpur
|state = Uttar Pradesh
|country = India
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|nickname = UHM Hospital or Ursula Hospital
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|website = [https://www.uhmhospital.in/]
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'''Ursula Horsman Memorial Hospital''' (UHM Hospital) or Ursula Hospital is a [[government hospital]] situated at [[Meston Road, Kanpur|Meston Road]] in the Indian city of [[Kanpur]]. Founded on 26 February 1937, the hospital was named after Albert Francis Horsman's wife, Ursula Horsman,<ref name=":0"/> who had died in an aircraft accident approaching Alexandria in 1935.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Sir Henry Horsman, MC, (brother to Albert Horsman), a prominent [[Business magnate|industrialist]], co-founder of Swadeshi Mills and President of the [[Chamber of commerce|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.<ref name=":0"/>

As one of the largest district hospital in the industrial city of Kanpur, it serves a large population for their primary and specialized medical care needs. As a function of being a government funded setup, it is often overcrowded and underfunded. Despite these limitations it has more than 12 fully functional clinical and diagnostic departments that provide outpatient and inpatient services to a large population including a 24-hour emergency service.<ref name=":6"/><ref name=":7"/>

UHM Hospital is also an approved medical training facility, providing Internship training as well as post-graduate training in a limited number of specialties. It is an institute involved in academic research with many studies being published in indexed medical journals.<ref name=":10"/>
The training programs have been historically affected by poor staffing structure, a poor infrastructure, and reports of dysfunctional and inefficient administrative structure and corruption.<ref name=":8"/><ref name=":9"/>

In 2010, a five-story private ward was added to the hospital.<ref name=":1"/>

== Role during Covid-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) ==
In 2020, UHM Hospital played a pivotal role during the Covid-19 pandemic by coordinating mass testing and operating negative pressure isolation wards for those affected by the infection.<ref name=":2" /> It was one of the largest testing facilities approved by the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]]. It was one of the largest hospital repurposed to only Covid-19 treatment and care and treated a large number of patients.<ref name=":3" />

There were reports of corruption within its testing staff, who allegedly doctored Covid-19 test reports. This came as a major embarrassment to the institution, as the sting operation exposing the wrongdoing was made public.<ref name=":4" />

The hospital continued to grapple with challenges including poor availability of oxygen supply for Covid-19 patients, intermittent supply of necessary medications, and lack of support from the establishment in managing the bodies of those deceased from the Covid-19.<ref name=":5" />

==References==
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<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Ursula-Horsman-Memorial-Hospitals-75th-establishment-day-today/articleshow/18685307.cms|title=Ursula Horsman Memorial Hospital's 75th establishment day today|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref>

<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Private ward inaugurated at UHM Hospital |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Private-ward-inaugurated-at-UHM-Hospital/articleshow/6961333.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=31 March 2020 |date=20 November 2010}}</ref>

<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=UHM District Hospital Kanpur |url=https://www.uhmhospital.in/|newspaper=[[Directorate of Medical and Health Services, Uttar Pradesh]] |accessdate=17 April 2021}}</ref>

<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Indian Council for Medical Research - Covid-19 Testing Sites |url=https://covid.icmr.org.in/index.php/15-government-laboratories/815-u-h-m-district-male-hospital-kanpur-nagar|newspaper=[[ICMR Covid-19 Testing Sites Database]] |accessdate=17 April 2021}}</ref>

<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=That's how some lab staff are counterfeiting coronavirus reports |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/exclusive-that-how-some-lab-staff-are-counterfeiting-coronavirus-reports-1749748-2020-12-15|newspaper=[[India Today]] |accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref>

<ref name=":5">{{cite web |title=Utter Chaos-Uttar Pradesh battles Covid-19 |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/statescan/2020/10/01/utter-chaos.html|newspaper=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |accessdate=19 January 2021}}</ref>

<ref name=":6">{{cite web |title=Ursula Horsman Memorial Hospital |url=https://www.uhmhospital.in/|newspaper=Ursula Horsman Memorial Hospital |accessdate=11 June 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=":7">{{cite web |title=Intensive Care Units and Dialysis Units expanded at UHM Hospital |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/uhm-hospital-to-have-14-bed-icu-10-bed-dialysis-unit/articleshow/54162508.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=":8">{{cite web |title=CBI Team raids UHM Hospital Administrative Office |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/cbi-team-inspects-cmo-office-at-ursala-horseman-hospital/articleshow/17672700.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=":9">{{cite web |title=UHM Hospital Staff held for Bribery |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/ursula-horsman-hospitals-cms-among-three-doctors-held-for-bribe/articleshow/22049859.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=22 April 2013}}</ref>

<ref name=":10">{{cite web |title=Traumatic Esophageal Fistula |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/ursula-horsman-hospitals-cms-among-three-doctors-held-for-bribe/articleshow/22049859.cms|newspaper=[[Science Direct Medical Journal]] |accessdate=22 April 2021}}</ref>

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[[Category:Hospitals established in 1937]]
[[Category:1937 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Kanpur]]

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