HISTORY OF ECOS

ECOS was born out of a vision of Dr. Mihir Kumar Bal when God saved his life from a near fatal road accident in 1984, while returning from an eye camp. He could see the purpose of God for which his life was saved. He considers life after that accident as a gift from God to serve Blind people. Taking a step in faith, he resigned from Government job and with the support of friends in Emmanuel Hospital Association(EHA) New Delhi, & EHA European Fellowship ECOS Ministry took shape in 1st May 1991 and was registered as a charitable society in 1992. Contribution and encouragement of EHA in the formative years of ECOS has remained as an unforgettable memory in the life of ECOS.

ECOS started a base eye hospital "ECOS Eye Hospital" in a rental building at Giri Road, Brahmapur, Odisha. It is the first eye hospital in Southern Orissa. It works in the love and spirit of Jesus Christ irrespective of Caste, Creed or Religion. It has done pioneering works in the field of Community Ophthalmology in Southern part of Orissa and neighbouring district of Andhra Pradesh. Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) International works in partnership with ECOS from 1992. CBM and World Bank Assistance Programme through Government of India (NPCB) has helped ECOS to have permanent infrastructure at 3rd Tota Street.

Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development Germany (BMZ), CBM Germany and CBM SARO (South Asia Regional Office) Bangalore helped us to have a permanent structure(Annex building) of three floors at 3rd Tota Street, Bijipur, Brahmapur(In front of present hospital). The foundation stone was laid on 01 May 2013 and we shifted to this new building on 23 Mar 16. It was officially inaugurated on 14 Apr 2016, along with "Silver Jubilee" function.