Star of Hope Hospital
| CBM Star of Hope Hospital, Akiveedu | |
|---|---|
| Council of Christian Hospitals | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Akiveedu 534 235, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates | 16°36′00″N 81°23′00″E / 16.6000°N 81.3833°ECoordinates: 16°36′00″N 81°23′00″E / 16.6000°N 81.3833°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Medicare |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Hospital type | Community |
| Affiliated university | Christian Medical College, Vellore |
| Network | Christian Medical Association of India, New Delhi |
| History | |
| Founded | 1898[1] |
CBM Star of Hope Hospital is a participating hospital of the Council of Christian Hospitals, an autonomous body of the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars. The CBM Star of Hope Hospital is located in Akiveedu, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
The CBM Star of Hope Hospital was founded by the Canadian Baptist Mission in 1898[2] due to the initiative of the pioneer Medical Missionaries. The Church Historian, William Gordon Carder, formerly Professor of Church History at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad, in Hand to the Indian Plow published in 1976 wrote,
Dr. Pearl Smith-Chute,[3] a graduate of the University of Toronto, moved to Akiveedu. Seeing the lack of medical services and the great need of the people, she began medical work at the mission bungalow in 1896.[3] Then within two years (1898[4]), with Rs.700.00 collected locally, a small hospital building of two rooms was built and named "The Star of Hope". Mission medical services have been carried on ever since in this village.
The CBM Star of Hope Hospital is a member of,
The Hospital also networks with the Christian Medical College, Vellore[6]
References
- ↑ W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, pp.143-147.
- ↑ James Elisha Taneti, Canadian Baptist mission work among women in Andhra, India, 1874-1924: Baptist women evolved a role for themselves in an otherwise male-dominated mission enterprise and a patriarchal Telugu society.
- 1 2 Jarold Knox Zeman (Edited), Costly vision: the Baptist pilgrimage in Canada, Welch Publishing Company, 1988, p.94.
- ↑ J. Gordon Melton (Edited), Encyclopedia of American Religions, Gale, 2003, p.560.
- ↑ 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".
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