Shashi Tharoor, along with Ajit Ronald Gurubachan Singh, who won the Monsignor Mathew Muuringheather Award on Saturday for the Ubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Kerala’s globally admired healthcare model owes Christian missionary hospitals as much as progressive state policy, said the SHAROOR Congress MP, and stressed that these institutions were increasing compassion, availability and ethics in the era with more and more profit.
On Saturday, “Pelecanus 2025” also organized Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, organized by Missional Medical College and Research Institute, memorable carving of dr.
“In Kerala, the role of the Catholic Church in healthcare is not only history – it is an evolving mission,” Tharoor said.
Mr. Tharoor, who quoted the contributions of Christian health institutions, said they remain “public health pillars” and combine clinical perfection with a deep sense of services. “Kerala has more than 35 nursing universities and dozens of hospitals operated by Christian institutions. Nursing education for women were underway and approached tribal and coastal communities long before government health systems rooted,” he said.
Appreciated by Dr. Adenwall, who rejected lucrative offers abroad to serve the poor in Jubilee Mission Hospital, and arrived there in 1959, when it was still a small pharmacy.
Following the development of the hospital from its foundation in 1951 Fr. Mathew Muringathery at a 1,500 more specialization institution, Mr. Tharoor described it as “a hospital of a poor man who has never avert anyone”.
He warned, however, that health care is now standing at the intersection.
“The diagnosis of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic operations are stunning successes,” he said, “but for ordinary citizens the disease itself is the disease itself – they are costs. Corporate hospitals often prefer income over recovery.
Mr. Tharoor urged the balance between the efficiency of businesses and missionary compassion. “The challenge is not to refuse to participate in enterprises, but to ensure that their resources serve their own capital and perfection,” he said.
Monsignor Mathew Muringheather Memorial National Level Health Care and Missionary Award was awarded Ajit Ronald Gurubachan Singh, who was actively involved in community vaccination programs, TB and ODISHA and Chhattisgarh, function.
Published – 4 October 2025 20:55
