Christian Medical Centre
| Christian Medical Centre, Pithapuram | |
|---|---|
| Council of Christian Hospitals | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Pithapuram 533 450, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates | 17°07′00″N 82°16′00″E / 17.1167°N 82.2667°ECoordinates: 17°07′00″N 82°16′00″E / 17.1167°N 82.2667°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Medicare |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Hospital type | Community |
| Affiliated university | Christian Medical College, Vellore |
| Patron | Dr. Leela Serene (Director)[1] |
| Network | Christian Medical Association of India, New Delhi |
| History | |
| Founded | 1904[2] |
CBM Christian Medical Centre (founded in 1904[2]) is a participating hospital of the Council of Christian Hospitals, an autonomous body of the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars.
The Christian Medical Centre is located in Pithapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
The Rev. Dr. William Gordon Carder who once taught Church history at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad wrote that it was Dr. E. G. Smith, the first medical missionary of the Canadian Baptist Mission to have arrived in India who could be attributed to the founding of the Hospital in Pithapuram. Gordon wrote,[2]
Dr. E. Smith of Yelamanchili made a tour in Pithapuram area in 1900. He came at the invitation of the Field Missionary. He found more people than usual requesting and in need of medical attention. Over the next six years, he made many visits to the area. He began the construction of a hospital in 1904 on the northern edge of the village of Pithapuram. The buildings began to be used in 1907[3] and were formally opened in February 1908. The hospital was given the Biblical name "Bethesda", a house of mercy.
Gordon further wrote that when Dr. Smith went on furlough in 1910, Dr. Jessie Allyn who came in his place once went to the Palace of the Raja of Pithapuram to attend to the Rani who delivered a child. In honour, the Raja of Pithapuram gifted money to build an exclusive hospital for women and children in the near vicinity of the existing hospital.[2]
The CBM Christian Medical Centre is a member of,
The Hospital also networks with the Christian Medical College, Vellore[5]
References
- ↑ European Baptist Ministries, können Sie das Gebetsposter 2015 herunterladen.
- 1 2 3 4 W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, pp.143-147.
- ↑ Sivasankaranarayana (Edited), Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers, Volume 14, Printed by the Director of Print. and Stationery at the Government Secretariat Press, Hyderabad, 1979.
- ↑ The Christian Medical Association of India, Member Institutes in Andhra Pradesh. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008.
- ↑ Christian Medical College, Vellore, Networking. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008.
Further reading
- Prabhakara Rao, S., Rev. (March 1971). "The Medical Ministry of the Canadian Baptist Mission (Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars) 1890–1950. A thesis submitted to the History Department of the Ramapatnam Baptist Theological College in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity of the Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore".
- John Craig, J. R. Stillwell (Eds.). "Telugu Trophies: The Jubilee story cf some of the principal Telugu converts in the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission in India from 1874 to 1924".
- Martin Senftleben (1992). "Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished PhD thesis, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati" (PDF). I & II. II
- G.Beaulah Pearl Sunanda (1990). "An Insight into the History of the Canadian Baptist Mission in Andhra Pradesh (1874–1924). Unpublished M.Phil. (History) Thesis, Madras Christian College, Madras".
- M. L. Orchard (2008). "Canadian Baptists at work in India". ISBN 978-1-4086-7832-9.
- John Craig (1908). "Forty years among the Telugus : a history of the mission of the Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, Canada, to the Telegus, South India 1867–1907".