I listened to the biographical sketch of lat Mr Chackopilla, the founder secretary of the MOSC Medical mission Hospital at Kolenchery, which became a medical college fifteen years ago in a gathering to commemorate his 31st death anniversary.
Mr Chackopilla was a well known builder and government contractor who built dams and roads for the state and was the founder of a building firm of considerable reputation and financial success.
When the need to start a hospital dawned on him, he gave his full attention and presence to build and lead its destiny by giving it all that it needed. This meant that this building firm gradually folded up. It was a personal loss for him.
When Prof. Mathai, former Pricinipal of St. Peter's College, Kolenchery narrated this in a touching way, it sounded as an authentic response to the call of Jesus of Nazareth, ''he who looses shall find it"!
During the last five years of my association with this institution, I have listened to many anecdotes of the personal touch which late Mr Chackopilla brought to the lives of many by his thoughtfulness and consideration.
I remember meeting him on a couple of occasions when I came to visit Dr K.C.Mammen, the Medical director of the hospital in late seventies. Yes, he was truly charismatic and people centric.
Any history is a story of some self giving people, who lived inspirationally and vicariously!
M.C.Mathew
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