Kurji holy family hospital, Sadaquat Ashram

Everybody should have a real interest in the history of the organization in which they belong. I can’t understand how you can be heart and soul in something, without knowing the roots and growth” said Sr. Dr. Anna Dengel in 1952, Founder of Medical Mission Sisters who founded Kurji Holy Family Hospital.​Kurji Holy Family Hospital (KHFH), Patna is situated on the banks of the river Ganges and adjacent to Sadaquat Ashram, is noted for its highly dedicated team of medical and paramedical personnel, together with a good infrastructure and clean environment that is conducive for healing. Holy Family Hospital had its beginning in Patna City in 1939 by the Medical Mission Sisters. ​Idea Germinated: The idea first came to Jesuits of Patna in 1926 and they expressed it to Medical Mission Sisters in Washington DC. Dr. Anna Dengel, as the foundress of Medical Mission Sisters, was keeping this in mind ever since as she had a special charism and insight into and concern for the plight of women. In 1934 Dr. Anna Dengel visited Patna. Bishop Bernard Sullivan took her on a tour and as they passed by, people called out "Give us schools and help for the sick". Did you hear that? The Bishop asked Dr. Dengel, "Of course I did" Dr. Dengel replied.Hospital Beginning: In 1939 three days before Christmas Bishop Sullivan welcomed the Medical Mission sisters to Patna with the message that “a poor family is expecting you". He took them to the crib at the old cathedral, that old cathedral became the first hospital and from that day onwards, taking care of the sick has been the mission of the sisters in Patna at Padri-Ki-Haveli, Patna City. With this beginning, our hospital became the first private and charitable hospital in Patna and for the whole region of Bihar and Jharkhand.​A New and Bigger Hospital in Kurji: The Hospital in its original place was very crowded and there was no scope for expansion and the dream of having a bigger hospital - Kurji Holy Family Hospital became a reality on November 19, 1958 and steadily expanded and is a 300 bedded hospital as of today.It's a private clinic ​