C.S.I Jeyaraj Annapackiam College of Nursing and Allied Sciences, Merry Dew Hills, Jonespuram, Pasumalai, Madurai, and the History of the Christian Mission Hospital at Madurai are inseparably Intertwined.  The Christian Mission Hospital is one of the earliest health agencies of Missionary Medical work in Southern India.  The Hospital evolved from a small dispensary established by the Missionary Doctor C.S. Shelton in 1849, which in the next two years became a hospital.  Till 1953 this hospital functioned as two separate units namely the hospital for women and children and the Albert victor hospital for men, later, as the Willis F. Pierce memorial hospital for men.  These two hospitals were amalgamated in 1953 with a new name of  “The Christian Mission Hospital.”

Many doctors of Western and Indian Origin contributed untiringly to the steady growth of this hospital in the last one and a half century.  Memorable among them are Doctors Paulin Root, Harriet,      E. Parker, E.W.Wilder, Chellappa, J.J. Bornes, Betty Chinniah, Indra Raja and Rajeev Chelladurai &      A.K. Fenn. The Christian Mission Hospital is 156 years old 350 bedded General Hospital with, most modern equipments and men and women of experts in medical background to provide to all kinds of specialized treatment.  It is, indeed a privilege that the Nursing students learn and practice nursing care in this hospital.  The School of Nursing was started in 1913 with lower grade Nursing and Midwifery Courses in Tamil in the Hospital for women and children.  In 1934 higher grade nursing for men started.  Higher grade General Nursing and Midwifery Course was begun in 1951.  Many men and women of nursing background have toiled to nurture this institution to its present status and memorable among them are Sisters Fint, Betty Taylor, Wilson, Raynert, Attwood, Margery Thomas, E.B. Lang,   D.S. Hoath, S. Perera, Mr.T.J. Thasiah and Mrs. Kamala Roberts.

The school was upgraded as a college in 1993 with a new name C.S.I Jeyaraj Annapackiam College of Nursing and Allied Sciences, with a generous financial assistance from the Jeyaraj Chelladurai Trust, Madurai.