Star of Hope Hospital is a private Baptist hospital based in Akiveedu, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a member of Council of Christian Hospitals.
| Star of Hope Hospital, Akiveedu | |
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| 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°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Medicare |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | General |
| Religious affiliation | Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars |
| Affiliated university | |
| Patron | Vacant (Medical Director) |
| Network | Christian Medical Association of India, New Delhi |
| History | |
| Opened | 1898[1] |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in India |
History edit
Star of Hope Hospital was founded by Canadian Baptist Mission in 1898[2] due to initiative of pioneer medical missionaries. Church historian, William Gordon Carder, formerly Professor of Church History at Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad, in Hand to the Indian Plow published in 1976 wrote,
Dr. Pearl Smith-Chute,[3] a graduate of University of Toronto, moved to Akiveedu. Seeing lack of medical services and great need of people, she began medical work at 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.
Memberships edit
Star of Hope Hospital is a member of:
Hospital also networks with the Christian Medical College, Vellore[7]
References edit
- ^ W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, pp.143-147. [1]
- ^ 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. [2]
- ^ a b Jarold Knox Zeman (editor), Costly Vision: the Baptist pilgrimage in Canada, Welch Publishing Company, 1988, p. 94.[3]
- ^ J. Gordon Melton (editor), Encyclopedia of American Religions, Gale, 2003, p. 560. [4]
- ^ ETASI, health
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christian Medical College, Vellore, Networking. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008. [5]
Further reading edit
- Prabhakara Rao, S. (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.
- 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.