Evangelical Hospital, Khariar

Evangelical Hospital, Khariar is a mission hospital located in Nuapada District, Orissa, India. A member of the Christian Medical Association of India, and affiliated with the Church of North India and Global Ministries in the United States, the hospital has been serving the poor of Orissa since 1930. The population of Khariar town is 18,000 approximately. It is located in the district of Nuapada and the population served by the hospital is about 200,000 people.

The hospital was founded by the late Rev. Herman and Marie Feierabend, a trained nurse, funded by the United Church of Christ. Today the hospital is managed by Dr. Ajith Singh and his wife Dr.Pushpa Singh. They have been serving this hospital for many decades. Their commitment to the hospital and their love for the people of the region has been unquestionable.

The patients are very poor, earning less then Rs.10.00 a day (U.S. $0.30). No patient is refused treatment for lack of money or space. The philosophy of the hospital is to provide the best medical care to the poorest of the poor even in this most backward area. In the Khariar region almost 80% of the total population is illiterate and more than 90% of women can not read or write.


In a recent news release by the Global Ministries, it states that the Khariar Hospital served a total of 2780 inpatients last year as well as 19,058 outpatients. A total of 1380 surgeries were performed, of which 164 were eye surgeries.

The greatest needs for the continued improvement of the services at the Hospital include: staff, including a Physiotherapist, a B.Sc. Nurse, and pharmacy assistants; facility improvements including a complete renovation of the Hospital with replacement of most of the basic equipment, improvements to staff housing and construction of a chapel; addition of a guest room/conference facility; and equipment including an auto analyzer, a C.T. Scanner, a Coulter Counter, an Olympus Gastrointestinal Fiberscope, a Digital Display 400, Surgical Diathermy, a C-Arm Image Intensifier, a radiology department, and computerization of all records from the medical departments, laboratory and pharmacy.



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