Sharing between two institutions!

The Christian Fellowship hospital, Oddanchatram is  in its sixth decade of  service. 

It has had the distinction of offering a vocation for young health care professionals and offering them formal postgraduate training in five medical specialities and undergraduate training in nursing. I have a feeling that its alumni is in responsible positions of leadership in health care in the is country. 

One  most encouraging discovery I made recently was that the department of Family Medicine which was recently started at the Christian Medical College, Vellore has drawn its faculty from the alumni of the Christian Fellowship Hospital. Talking about it, Dr. Kuruvella Varkey at the inaugural function of the family Medicine department mentioned that it was their privilege to receive from CMC and give back to CMC. It is a mutuality between the two institutions, that is reflected through this. Dr. Sunil Chandy, the Director of CMC, in his response at this meeting mentioned that CMC is keen to be an enabler for mission hospitals to become training centres for human resource development. 

Let me compliment the faculty at the Christian Fellowship Hospital for having become a resource for other hospitals by preparing health care professionals with an orientation for self giving service!

When the hospital organises its sixtieth anniversary celebrations later this year, the staff at the hospital has every reason to rejoice for the blessings of God, in transforming the small beginnings made by late Drs, A.K.Tharein, Jacob Cheriyan, Sr. Kunjamma, Mr. Cheriyan, etc. to a national resource in health care and training!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)