Christian Hospital, Bissam Cuttack
| Christian Hospital, Bissam cuttack | |
|---|---|
 Mother and child care deptt. of Christian Hospital, Bissam cuttack | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bissam Cuttack, Rayagada district, Odisha, India |
| Organisation | |
| Hospital type | General |
| History | |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.chbmck.org |
Christian Hospital, Bissam Cuttack is a prime missionary hospital as well as one of the private recognized hospitals of Indian Railways[1] in the most backward regions of the state of Odisha, India. The hospital today extends its services in general medicine, surgery, obstetrics, eye, orthopaedics, dental, chaplaincy, nursing education and a Community Health programme called MITRA (Madsen's Institute for Tribal and Rural Advancement).[2][2] The hospital also runs a recognized nursing school in the medical campus.[3]
History
Christian Hospital, Bissam Cuttack (better known as CHB) started on the verandah of a church in the year 1954, by the Danish missionary Dr. Liz. Madsen (1913-1991). After a prolonged service of 11 years she wanted to handover the charge to a suitable successor. Madsen's search for a successor came to an end when she found Mr. & Mrs. Henry. Nancy Lott, while working in India as a volunteer from the United Church of Christ, met Dr Virendra K. Henry and married him. In 1975 Dr. and Mrs. Henry joined to take over the hospital. The Henrys worked at Bissam Cuttack for a long time and later moved to Mungeli Christian Hospital.[4] Today the hospital has its own buildings and has extended its services in out-patients department and in-patients departments. The hospital is a non-profit organization and a member of the Conference on World Mission, Athens-2005.[5] The medical celebrated its Diamond jubilee in 2004.[6] The special features of CHB are as follows:
- CHB was the first in the state to start routine screening of blood donors for HIV way back in 1992.
- CHB was one of the first in the state to introduce Incubators for Neonatal care.
- CHB was the first in India to run a community based, self-supporting Malaria controle programme using impregnated mosquito nets.
Many years ago someone has rightly said that Bissam cuttack is well protected by Maa markama on the southern side and Ma Madsen (as she is popularly known) on the other side.
See also
References
- ↑ "List of pvt. hospitals recognised by Indian Railway" (PDF). indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Mitra Community Service" (PDF). cochrane-sacn.org. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ↑ "School of Nursing at Bissamcuttack". punjabcolleges.com. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ↑ "Nonsense Girl". wordpress.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ↑ "Christian churches and ecumenism" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Christian Hospital, Bissam Cuttack at 50 years vide"