Bishop Benziger College of Nursing is a self-financing professional college run by the Christian Latin Catholic Diocese of Quilon. This college which started in the year 2004 and is affiliated to the Kerala University of Health & Allied Science, approved by the Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council and the INC .
Bishop Benziger College of Nursing is a self-financing professional college run by the Christian Latin Catholic Diocese of Quilon. This college which started in the year 2004 and is affiliated to the Kerala University of Health & Allied Science, approved by the Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council and the INC . Bishop Benziger College of Nursing conducts a bachelor degree course in nursing of four year duration with an annual intake of 50 students. The course aims at preparing professional nurse graduates who are competent to render qualitative care to patients in all settings. Bishop Benziger Hospital, the parent institution is the first private hospital in Kollam, established in the year 1948. It is registered as a charitable society and is run by the Latin Catholic Diocese of Quilon. It is a 600 – bedded super speciality hospital located in the heart of the city. Students serve in the parent hospital and in all areas to widen their capabilities and develop their skills. Bishop Benziger College of nursing runs two community health centers at Mundakkal and Pallithottam of Kollam. The Bishop Benziger Community Health Centre caters to felt the needs of 12526 fisher folks living in the coastal belt of Kollam during 2010. It provides promotive, preventive and restorative health services. Referrals are sent to the parent hospital. Bishop Benziger College of Nursing has been certified as a Minority Educational Institution by institutions in 2007 under National Commission for Minority Institutions, Government of India. The college is established to cater to the educational needs of the Latin Catholic Backward Community of the Diocese of Quilon.
