The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), and the Kasturba Hospital, is run by the Kasturba Health Society. The Society was established in 1964 under the Societies Registration Act. Before the Society was formed, the Kasturba Hospital (started in 1945) was run by the Gandhi National Memorial Trust (also called Gandhi Smarak Nidhi). At the Society's formation, the Gandhi National Memorial Trust handed over to it all the properties of the Kasturba Hospital together with the responsibility of running the Kasturba Hospital.

The MGIMS was earlier affiliated to the Nagpur University since its inception in 1969 till 1997. From 1998 the MGIMS has been affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nasik . The MGIMS admits 65 medical students on the basis of a pre-medical entrance test (in 2006, close to 10,000 medical aspirants took the test). The institute also offers post-graduation in all major clinical and basic sciences disciplines.

The Kasturba Hospital is a 648-bed hospital, located in Sevagram, about 8 kms from Wardha town. The hospital offers tertiary care healthcare facilities to rural patients.

The Kasturba Health Society administers the institute through three agencies:

• The Governing Council
• The Local Managing Committee
• The Standing Finance Committee