ST CATHERINE HOSPITAL KANPUR

St. Catherine's Hospital is situated on Mall Road (Mahatma Gandhi Road), the central business district of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in the area between Cantonment and Civil Lines. It was established by Dr. Alice Marval, who was born in 1865 in Britain and travelled to India under the SPG Mission. The hospital came into being to serve women and children and is described as the first nursing institute for women in India. Dr. Marval treated poor patients suffering from plague at the hospital. The text notes that medical mission work among the women of Kanpur began in 1697 under the SPG Mission's 'Women Mission Association.' The hospital was later converted into a general hospital in 1986. St. Catherine's Hospital is listed among the notable attractions along Mall Road, alongside other landmarks such as Nana Rao Park, Christ Church College, The Landmark Hotel, and the Parsi Fire Temple. Mall Road itself is a historically significant commercial and recreational area of Kanpur, once restricted to the British during colonial times, and today remains an important retail and institutional hub of the city.