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In 1959, Dr L.D. Mann
joined the team and his efforts of the
following year resulted
in a 10 bed unit to which was added a tuberculosis ward.
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By 1969, the number of
beds had grown up to 20 and the team
was joined by
Dr Henry Kreider from BIC church USA whose energies brought about a
considerable growth
in the workload of the hospital. He served tirelessly till 1977.
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The unit was incorporated
into the Emmanuel Hospital
Association in 1974.
In 1977, when several of hospitals in the eastern region of EHA were
included in a joint
upgrading program, Madhipura Christian Hospital benefited from a modified
OPD and a new ward block.
About the same time Madhipura was declared as a separate administrative
district, (Madhepura)
by the government and the hospital found itself located in a district
headquarters.
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After Dr Kreider had left
many people from India offered their
dedicated services
both on a long term and a short term basis to sustain the services of the
hospital
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In 2008 the district of
Madhipura was ravaged by the flood in
the Koshi region and
the hospital was closed temporarily. This setback was a God-sent opportunity
to build relations
with the local people and develop the community health program. It was
reopened in 2009 and the
OPD and inpatient services were completely renovated. under the leadership
of Mr Daniel Dey and
Dr Shalom Sylvester
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At the same time, a new
Community health and development
department was started at
Madhipura for the first time under the leadership of Mr Abraham Dennyson.
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A new Intensive Care
Unit, the first in Madhipura district was
also constructed
equipped with two ventilators and multipara monitors to cater to the needs
of the increasing
number of sick patients being admitted at MCH. This was made possible by a
gracious donation
from EMMS UK.
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In 2010, a new nursery
was constructed in place of the
makeshift nursery and
became fully functional in 2011 to be able to manage sick neonates.
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In 2014 new advanced
Doppler machine was purchased and
specialised radiological
services were started with the arrival of Dr Timothy Chelliah. As there is
no radiologist in
the nearby three districts, this began the fulfilment of a long felt need of
improved diagnostic
services.
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At the same time, under
the leadership of Dr Bina Minz, MCH
became known as a tertiary
referral centre for maternal care. Antepartum and intrapartum surveillance
was improved with the
purchase of a Cardiotocograph machine
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Construction of Nurses
hostel building and staff accommodation
was begun in 2016 and
completed in 2018.
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Additionally, in 2018 we
have expanded our surgical services
and are now providing
advanced surgical and laparoscopic procedures at subsidised costs.
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With the completion of
the RENU Community Training Centre,
began the Shristhi Community College in 2019 to train impoverished youth
from our villages
and improve their ability to find jobs.
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Dental services
established by Dr. Anitha Grace in 2020.
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Rehabilitation services
were started in 2018 with Mr. Rajkumar, who was then joined by Ms Mercy, an
occupational therapist from CMC Vellore and Mr. Jerry, an MPT from SBS
Dehradun.
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In 2021, the medical team
was joined by Dr. Ashwin, a community physician and Dr. Susanna an
Obstetrician, both form CMC Vellore.
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In 2022, Rupantran, a
community entrepreneurship project was started
