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Kugelberg spent the majority of his life in India, providing medical care and developing hospitals and policy. He knew that medical care was temporary, and that educative hospital experiences would prove to be more effective in the long-term. His name is inscribed in the
Swedish Mission Hospital in
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Kugelberg came to serve the neighboring rural communities. It was his belief that
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Christianity. Part of his message was equality between the sexes. In this vein, he opened a Christian teaching hospital for nurses in Madurai, as a way of including more women in healthcare.
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