St. George Hospital

When Shri Nathji was in Lucknow with R.R. Khana, he did the miracle of saving the life of Raja Jagat. Raja Jagat had been knocked down from his motorcycle. Doctors feared that there might have been concussion of the brain. Friends and relatives of the Raja had converged upon at the St. George Hospital.  R. R. Khanna was also at the Hospital enquiring after Raja Jagat. There he had met the distraught mother. He had said to her:

"Mataji! I can take you to a place where you might be granted your sons’s life! Catch hold of Shri Nathji’s feet.

R. R. Khanna prayed to Shri Nathji to listen to the old lady’s prayers. The woman would not leave his feet, nor would she stop weeping. R. R. Khanna prayed to Shri Nathji to listen to the old lady’s prayers. The woman would not leave his feet, nor would she stop weeping.

Shri Nathji said: “Go to the hospital. Your son is well. The peace you have just experienced is a forerunner of that news." When Mr. Khanna and the old lady returned to the hospital, they heard people congratulating each other. The Raja had regained consciousness.

 St. George College and hospital is now, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University. St.  George College and hospital  is one of the oldest medical institutions in the country. In 1870, the Maharaja of Vijaynagaram first floated the idea of starting a medical college in Lucknow and offered to donate Rs 3 lacs, but due to paucity of funds this was not passed by the Government and the dream of the Maharaja could not take shape. It was in 1905 that, to commemorate the visit of Prince of Wales to India, the Raja of Jehangirabad and Sir Taussuduq Rasool requested the Raja of Ayodhya to persuade Sir James LaTouche, Lt Governor of United Provinces  to recommend the establishment of the medical college to the Governor of India. This time the Government gave its sanction but with the condition that the people of United Provinces raise a sum of Rs 8 lacs.

The fund raising activities were completed within a few months, notable contributors being Maharaj of Balrampur, Maharaj of Ayodhya, Raja of Jehangirabad, Rana Sheoraj Singh and Nawab Yusuf Ali. The Government of India was then informed of the collection and the Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone on 26th December 1905 The medical college was formally opened in October 1911, the year when His Majesty King George V and Queen Mary visited India, by the then Lt. Governor of United Provinces - Sir John Prescott Hewett.

The hospital was built in 1914, and was called King George Hospital . The funds allocated to the college could hardly be expected to cover the cost of a hospital on a comparable scale. Thus this task was undertaken by the Government of India. The building was again designed by Sir Swinton Jacob after making a spot study of great medical centres in Europe and adapting it the needs of this country. It was ready in time for the clinical training of the first batch of students in 1914. A 226 bed hospital was formally inaugurated by the Viceroy Lord Harding on the 10th January 1914.