Christian Medical Centre

Christian Medical Centre, Pithapuram
Medical Centre
Geography
Location	Pithapuram 533 450, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates	17°07′00″N82°16′00″E / 17.1167°N 82.2667°E / 17.1167; 82.2667
Organisation
Care system	Medicare
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	General
Religious affiliation	Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars
Patron	Dr. Y. Amruth Lal (Medical Director) [1]
Network	Council of Christian Hospitals
History
Opened	1904 [2]
Links
Lists	Hospitals in India

Christian Medical Centre is a private Baptist hospital based in Pithapuram, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a member of Council of Christian Hospitals.

History

In 1900, Dr. E. Smith of Yelamanchili, first medical missionary of Canadian Baptist Mission, made a tour in Pithapuram area. In 1904, he began construction of a Medical Centre in Pithapuram. Buildings opened in February 1908. ^[3] Dr. Smith went on furlough in 1910, Dr. Jessie Allyn who came in his place once went to Palace of Raja of Pithapuram to attend to the Rani, who delivered a child. In honour, Rani of Pithapuram bestowed grants to build an exclusive hospital for women and children near the existing hospital. ^[2]

Memberships

Christian Medical Centre is a member of:

• Council of Christian Hospitals, Pithapuram ^[4]
• Christian Medical Association of India, New Delhi ^[5]

The hospital also networks with the Christian Medical College, Vellore. ^[6]

References

1. European Baptist Ministries, können Sie das Gebetsposter 2015 herunterladen. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
2. W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, pp.143-147.
3. Sivasankaranarayana (Edited), Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers, Volume 14, Printed by the Director of Print. and Stationery at the Government Secretariat Press, Hyderabad, 1979.
4. ETASI, health
5. The Christian Medical Association of India, Member Institutes in Andhra Pradesh. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008. "Christian Medical Association of India: Membership". Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
6. 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 (Bacchelor thesis). Ramapatnam Baptist Theological College.cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• 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.
• 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. Self-publishing.
• M. L. Orchard (2008). Canadian Baptists at work in India. Missionary Education Department of the Foreign Mission Board. ISBN   978-1-4086-7832-9.
• John Craig, J. R. Stillwell (Eds.) (1924). Telugu Trophies: The Jubilee story cf some of the principal Telugu converts in the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission in India from 1874 to 1924. Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board.
• Sanna Morrison Barlow (1956). Light Is Sown – Chapter 4: Sheaves. Moody Press.
• J. B. McLaurin (1945). "Healing Hands : Dr. Jessie M. Allyn of Pithapuram, South India". The Centenary Committee of the Canadian Churches.
• Martin Senftleben (1992). "Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh." (PDF). Unpublished PhD thesis, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. I. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2006.