Council of Christian Hospitals

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Council of Christian Hospitals (COCH) is the body looking after the four hospitals and the nursing school established by the Canadian Baptist Mission in Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) and Orissa (OR) India.

The registered office of COCH is located in Christian Medical Centre, Pithapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Contents 1 Participating Hospitals/School 2 Membership 3 Managing Committee 3.1 The Council 4 Its activities 5 Supporters 6 See also 7 External links 8 References

Participating Hospitals/School

• CBM Bethel Hospital^[1][1][1], Vuyyuru, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
• Star of Hope Hospital^[1][1], Akiveedu, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh
• Christian Medical Centre^[1][1][1], Pithapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh
• Serango Christian Hospital^{[1][1][1][1][1][1][1]}, Serango, Gajapathi district, Orissa
• Integrated School of Nursing^[1][1][1], Pithapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh

Membership

• in the Christian Medical Association of India[1], New Delhi
• in the Council of the Christian Medical College[2], Vellore

Managing Committee

The Council

• Chairperson - Dr.Sushil Pakyanadhan^[1][1][1]
• Vice-chairperson - Dr.Swarnalatha Wesley^{[1][1][1][1][1][1]}
• Secretary - Rev. G. Babu Rao^[1][1]
• Treasurer - Mr. M. David K. Sarma^[1][1][1]

Its activities

• Administering the participating hospitals and the school.
• Implementing COCH Community Development Programme (CCDP) [3], [4]
• Sponsoring candidates to Christian Medical College, Vellore

Supporters

• Canadian Baptist Ministries [5]
• Christoffel Blinden Mission [6]
• Hans Herter Indien Hilfe [7]
• Government of Andhra Pradesh [8] - National Blindness Control Programme

See also

• Canadian Baptist Mission / Canadian Baptist Ministries, Canada
• Christian Medical College, Vellore

External links

• Official site of Canadian Baptist Ministries [9]

References

Notes

Further reading

• CBM - The Sharing Way (April 2005). "COCH Community Development Programme (CCDP)".
• Canadian Baptist Ministries. "2005 Annual Report".
• Khoj India (2002). "A Directory of Canadian Organizations Working on Indian Development Issues".
• Global Recordings Network. "Light Is Sown - Chapter 4: Sheaves".
• McLaurin, J.B., Mrs.. "Healing Hands : Dr. Jessie M. Allyn of Pithapuram, South India. Published by The Centenary Committee of the Canadian Churches.".
• Prabhakara Rao, S., Rev. (March 1971). "The Medical Ministry of the Canadian Baptist Mission (Convention of Baptist Churches of the Northern Circars) 1890-1950. A thesis submitted to the History Department of the Ramapatnam Baptist Theological College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity of the Senate of Serampore College (University).".
• Senftleben, Martin (1992). "Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati" I.
• _______________, (1992). "Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati" II.
• Sunanda, G.Beaulah Pearl (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".