The Society of Sisters of the Holy Cross was invited to India from Switzerland by the Maharaja of Travancore in the year 1906 in order to work in the Government hospitals of Kerala. In the year 1970 Sisters were invited to Karnataka by the then Bishop of Mysore and they pitched their tent in a remote village called Kamagere, and started a dispensary to provide health care to the under privileged and marginalized sections of the Society. Gradually this tiny mustard seed of Dispensary took deep roots and branched out to be a full grown tree of Hospital. Today it has become a 150 bed NABH accredited Multispeciality Hospital with specialists and special facilities. Today the name of the Hospital is written down in the history in golden Letters as it reached its 50 years of service
HISTORY OF NURSING SCHOOL & NURSING EDUCATION
- 1997 – Holy Cross School of Nursing was started with 40 seats for training young girls in Health care .Since its inception it has trained hundreds of nurses whose outstanding skills and competence have won praise not only in India but in several countries abroad. The unique characteristics of the training imparted in this institution is that it seeks to imbue the Nurses with compassionate love of Jesus for the sick and the suffering and enabling them to be outstanding in human qualities.
- 2007 – Bernarda ANM School was started with 30 seats for young girls with Government Order received in December 2006 . In 2014 government cancelled ANM training from all private Institutions. Hence although we have GO order this course is not conducted now.
- 2014 – GFATM training from Central Government under the Leadership of Indian Nursing Council was started in 2014 for giving training for Staff Nurses in HIV/AIDS , T.B & Malaria. Several hundreds of Nurses were given training in 5 districts. After 2 years of training the project was closed by government.
- 2019- HOLY CROSS COLLEGE OF NURSING came into existence with the Four Year B.Sc. Nursing Degree Course to keep pace with the rapid advancement in Medical and Nursing Sciences. This is Recognised by Rajiv Gandhi of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka Nursing Council and Indian Nursing council. This College is the Golden jubilee memorial of Holy Cross Hospital