Catherine Booth Hospital
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Catherine Booth Hospital (CBH) is a hospital and nursing school run by the Salvation Army in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India.
It is named after Catherine Booth, the wife of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army.
This reputed mission hospital is situated at vadasery nagercoil, which is 24 km away from Kanyakumari. It was started in 1895 when missionary Harry Andrews treated the first patient in a tiny bath room. Since then it has grown in to a 300 bed general hospital with departments of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, orthopeadics, ophthalmology, ENT, with well trained, dedicated medical, nursing and allied health staff.
[edit] School of nursing
The school of nursing is added in 1938 and has ever since met the requirements of the Indian nursing council and Tamil Nadu nurses and midwives council. The programme is approved by government of Tamil Nadu G.0.M.S.No 1254, health dated 15.4.1952. Our nursing programme is conrolled by the board of nursing education NL., CMAI, SIB bangalore. It is staffed by experienced and dedicated personnel.
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