Noor Hospital Qadian was the first hospital to be built by Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya. The foundations of this project were laid in the time of Hazrat Hakim Maulvi Nuruddin (ra), Khalifatul Masih I, when Hazrat Mir Nasir Nawab (ra) (father-in-law of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as)) dedicated his life for the service of the Jamaat.
He was given the responsibility of running an old home for the weak and frail who had nowhere to live. This facility was without any allocated premises and medical staff were very difficult to get hold of when they were required to visit a patient.
Hazrat Mir Nasir Nawab (ra) requested Hazrat Hakim Maulvi Nuruddin (ra) that he launch a fundraising scheme for this noble purpose. Hazrat Hakim Maulvi Nuruddin (ra) not only launched a scheme, but also donated an amount for this cause and promised to pay another 260 rupees. The project was to establish a hospital to cater for both male and female patients.
With the approval of Huzoor (ra), Hazrat Mir Nasir Nawab (ra) published an announcement in Badr of 24 January 1909 stating that in view of the growing need for amenities in Qadian, four types of buildings were urgently required, including a male and a female hospital.
The foundation of the hospital, named Noor Hospital in memory of Hazrat Hakim Maulvi Nuruddin (ra), was laid on 21 June 1917, and inaugurated in September 1917, during the time of Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra), Khalifatul Masih II. This building was situated in the Dar-ul-Ulum area of Qadian. It later moved, with the same name of Noor Hospital, to its current location of Dar-ul-Futuh, Qadian.
This hospital – established so painstakingly and with such limited resources – is now, by the grace of Allah, a hospital that caters for thousands of residents of not only Qadian but from the neighbouring towns and cities as well. It has all the major departments that a hospital is expected to have. The hospital held its centennial celebrations in October 2017 and was attended by dignitaries and local residents.