Radha S Murthy

Murthy took her MBBS at St John's Medical College, Bangalore, and has more than thirty years of clinical experience.

In the mid-1990s Murthy's husband fell critically ill and needed constant medical attention. She has said that although she knew many doctors, finding the right one at the moment of need proved difficult. The experience led her to set up Nightingales Home Health Services in 1996 to provide routine and emergency medical care in patients' homes.

In 1998 she and S. Premkumar Raja founded the Nightingales Medical Trust, beginning in a garage in Sadashivnagar, Bangalore. The trust works on dementia and respite care, with residential and day-care facilities, as well as elder healthcare, active ageing and elders' enrichment programmes. Its founders' premise was that if facilities could be created to meet the physical, emotional, financial and social needs of older people, they could age with dignity.

In 2023 the trust launched the Dementia India Alliance, headquartered in Bangalore, to broaden dementia awareness across India; Murthy became its president.

Murthy received a citation of honour from the International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing in the United States in 2006, and the Vayoshreshtha Samman of the Government of India in 2009 for her work in ageing and elder care.[2][3][4]