About Nirmala Hospital
Nirmala Hospital, a pioneer in the field of Medical Care in the Malabar region of Kerala had its humble beginnings in August 1937 with the establishment of a small dispensary at Vellimadukunnu, Calicut, by the great Italian Jesuit missionary Fr. Edward Beretta S.J.
In 1964, Rt. Rev. Dr. Aldo Maria Patroni, the Bishop of Calicut Diocese handed over the administration of Nirmala Hospital to the Congregation of Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate. Mother Stefania Murelli, the then Delegate Superior of the mission accepted the invitation. In 1966, Sr. Dr. Giovanna Alberoni, a doyenne in Health Care Mission, an energised, daring, committed and far-visioned Italian Ursuline Sister Doctor took charge as the first Medical Superintendent and Administrator of Nirmala Hospital. She took the institution to great heights of growth within a period of eight years. She established the Maternity and Child Health Wing, Intensive Care Units, and founded the Nirmala School of Nursing over the years.
During the journey of health care service mission over the last eight and half decades, Nirmala Hospital gratefully acknowledges the unstinted support, timely help, guidance, sound directions and spiritual assistance received from the Diocese of Calicut through the late Most Rev. Bishop Dr. Aldo Maria Patroni S.J., Late Most Rev. Dr. Maxwell V. Noronha, Arch Bishop Most Rev. Dr. Joseph Kalathiparambil and Most Rev. Dr. Varghese Chakkalackal.
Over the years, keeping pace with the developments in modern medicine and health needs of the people, we have grown into a multi-faceted medical institution with a 250-bed multi-super specialty Hospital, catering to the needs of the patient population from all walks of life, especially the poor and the needy, educational institutions like School of Nursing, College of Nursing, and other supportive para-medical departments. Today Nirmala Hospital stand on par with the best and leading healthcare institutions and its patients stand to benefit from the cost effective health care facilities upholding the motto "Healing Mission with a Human Touch"
