Local officials, important country dignitaries, and community leaders, as well as Ed Graham, representing Samaritan’s Purse, all attended the ceremony.

The dream for this new hospital, which now stands just 100 feet away from the original property, began in 1997. Twenty-three years later, the four-story facility boasts almost three times the square footage of the old one. It also includes one and a half the amount of bed space and five more operating rooms than the previous facility.

The hospital represents so much more than a brick and mortar structure. It is a symbol of restoration, where broken bodies are healed with superb medicine and broken lives are mended through the Good News of Jesus Christ.  It is a vital instrument God is using to build His church among the unreached in South Asia.