St. Mary’s Hospital Mussoorie

In April of  1954 in Mussoorie,  Mateshwari ji got seriously ill. She suffered a diabetic coma and insulin was injected immediately. It was then that it was discovered that she was highly diabetic . Mateshwari remained ill and mostly in bed for several months after this episode. There came one day when she became so ill that a lady doctor from St. Mary’s Hospital, which was on the mountain above Savitri Nivas, had to be called at night. The doctor advised her admission into the hospital.
But Mateshwari refused. She said that if she had to leave the world she would rather do so at home at the feet of Shri Nathji than in a hospital.
Shri Nathji spoke to her and said:

“Rabb theek karegaa! God will make everything all right!”

She said to him:

“Rabb! Kaun saa Rabb! Main or kissee Rabb ko naheen jaanti! God! Which God! I know of no God other than you!”

She added: “I have just one wish left in life–that if I had lived longer, I could have served you more!”
Shri Nathji had called Mateshwari's brother Sri Krishen Khanna by telegram and he fell at the feet of Shri Nathji and prayed to him to cure Mateshwari.
And a miracle occurred. Mateshwari recovered that night, and lived for many years more to serve Shri Nathji and the children, as she had desired.

In 1915, HBS Dalliwal gifted a triangular piece of land to the then European Cottage Hospital, for the convalescence of the patients. The St. Mary’s Hospital was thus build. After some alterations this correct structure of the hospital was erected in  1931. This hospital in infect directly above Savitri Niwas – The house of Shri Nathji and Mateshwariji.  And  they share a common boundary. In 1954 when Mateshwari had been dangerously ill at Mussoorie and was asked that she be admitted to the hospital. Mateshwari had refused to go. It was an irony of fate, that several years later in 1967, she left her body in  St. Mary’s Hospital in London.

Due to bad management and government apathy the hospital suffered neglect with hardly any facilities  and was finally closed in 2016. The local residents were very upset and asked the government to repair  and restart the hospital. Currently it  is being blatantly misused by the neighbouring resort to park vehicles of its guests. The plight of St Marys  Hospital which once catered to the needs of a large number of people has left residents very upset. As the sub-district hospital of Mussoorie is far away from the town, due to which people face many problems. St Mary’s Hospital was in the middle of the market, which benefited tourists and the local people. So here is a lot of dissatisfaction among the people. They have approached civil authorities and politicians to start the revival of the hospital.