Bishop Benziger College of Nursing, established in 2004 by the Latin Catholic Diocese of Quilon (Kollam) under the able leadership of Most Rev. Dr. Stanley Roman, the Bishop Emeritus of Quilon, upholds the motto: “To Love is to serve”. This institution is one of the well-established Colleges in South India which aims at preparing professional nurse graduates who are competent to render quality care to patients in all settings. It is an associate institution attached to Bishop Benziger Hospital, a 600 bedded Super Speciality NABH Safe-I certified hospital. The College offers Bachelor Degree, Master Degree and Doctoral programme in Nursing. It is affiliated to Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) and is recognized by Indian Nursing Council (INC) and Kerala Nurses & Midwives Council (KNMC).
Learn moreBenziger Hospital established in 1948 is the parent Hospital of Bishop Benziger College of Nursing. Bishop Benziger Hospital is the very first private hospital in Kollam situated right at the heart of the city. It has more than seventy-five years of medical care history managed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon under Bishop Benziger Hospital Society. It holds high the torch of the spirit of a mission hospital even today. At present Bishop Benziger Hospital is having almost all the specialities and super specialities and is a premier tertiary care hospital of this vicinity.
The Benziger Hospital has remained as an Umbrella organisation under Benziger Hospital Society. The various Institutions under the patronage of this parental hospital are: Benziger School of Nursing (Estd. – 1971), Ozanam Eye Centre (Estd. -1979), Bishop Benziger College of Nursing (Estd.– 2004), Community Radio Benziger (Estd.-2010), Bishop Benziger Community Health Centre(Estd.-2006).
To prepare young nursing professionals, competent to deliver comprehensive holistic health care with special emphasis on community health services to meet the health needs of medically underprivileged areas of our community
Health care and upliftment of the population of Kollam district and surrounding area through quality educational preparation of Student nurses
To make qualitative contribution to health care through educational preparation based on sound educational principles and Christian values to personnel who are dedicated to healing ministry.
Mental Health Department consists of 3 experienced faculties rendering Mental Health Nursing education
Community Health Department consists of 3 faculties1 Asst professor, 1 lecturer, 1 clinical instructor rendering community health nursing education to100 students in II year and IV year graduates and four postgraduate students.
Department has 4M.Sc. nursing faculty, has well established lab with high-tecdummies and mannequins to practice Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing Department related procedures and care.
Child health department consists of 3 experienced faculties rendering Child health nursing education to fifty 3rd year graduates and four postgraduate students. Department has MCH lab with Neonatal Resuscitation Mannequin,Baby dummies,newborn assessment equipment’sand other requirements to teach specific Paediatric procedures to students.
Our Medical Surgical Department is one of the major pillar in the context of Nursing Education. It includes fundamental of Nursing, Medical Nursing, Surgical Nursing, Medical and Surgical Nursing I and II. In our department there are of 2 Assistant professors, 3 Lecturers and 7 clinical Instructors.
