This area was badly affected by the flood in 1975. The Holy Cross Sisters were among the many volunteers who came to help out. They were faced with malnutrition diseases such as tuberculosis and cholera. So the sisters built a health centre and already from January 1977 a community was established in Bhagwanpur. After that they started a school with 12 children under a tree and today there are 530 students. About 80 children come for Non-formal school.
The health center has evolved into a small hospital and is known as “Sampkatti“- (snake bite hospital). Very many people’s lives are saved here. In the period from April 2014 to March 2015 more than 9200 snake bites were treated successfully – unfortunately some people come late for treatment.
