The aim of this article is to highlight the healthcare programme of Catharine Booth hospital in and around Nagercoil region. The formation of Salvation Army in London in the year 1865, July 2 by William and Catherine Booth marked a unique event in the nineteenth century religious life of Great Britain . It has spread too many parts of the world. At first it was in the name of Christina Mission. The rapid development of the Army was aided by the adoption of a quasi-military command structure in 1878 when the title The Salvation Army was brought into use . A similarly practical organization today enables resources to be equally flexible responding to a recurrent theme in Christianity which sees the Church engaged in spiritual warfare, the Army has used to advantage certain soldierly features such as uniform, flags and ranks to identify. William Booth and the Catherine Booth were the founders of the Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army, William and Catherine Booth, Healthcare Programmes