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CBM Bethel Hospital in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India, was founded in 1906〔T. Theophilus, ''The History of the Bethel Hospital, Vuyyuru'', Platinum Jubilee Souvenir, Vuyyuru, ''pp. 36–38''.〕 by missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Mission. It is perhaps the oldest in the region.〔Sivasankaranarayana, M. V. Rajagopal (Eds.), ''Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers'', Directorate of Printing and Stationery, Secretariat Press, Hyderabad, 1977. Page 205. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008. ()〕 The hospital is a participating member of the Council of Christian Hospitals, a regulatory body in India for the medical mission of the Canadian Baptist Mission. The CBM Bethel Hospital is located in Vuyyuru, a town between Vijayawada and Machilipatnam on NH-9. The Canadian Baptist Mission was initiated on the request of Thomas Gabriel (missionary) based on which Rev. A. V. Timpany and Rev. John McLaurin began arriving in India in 1868.〔T. Theophilus, ''op.cit.''〕 In 1904, Dr. Gertrude Hulet〔George W. Brown, Ramsay Cook (Eds.), Dictionary of Canadian Biography: 1901–1910, University of Toronto Press, 1994, ISBN 0-8020-3998-7, ISBN 978-0-8020-3998-9, p. 122. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008. ()〕 arrived in Vuyyuru and opened a dispensary〔 Carlotta Hacker, The Indomitable Lady Doctors, Formac Publishing Company, 2001, ISBN 0-88780-543-4, ISBN 978-0-88780-543-1, p. 121. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008. () 〕 in 1906.〔 The foundation of the present hospital structure was laid by the Krishna district collector in 1923.〔''Ibid.''〕 What started as a clinic in 1904〔 soon developed into a large hospital, taking care of the ailing in coastal parts of Krishna district. A number of wards, case rooms and operating rooms were built.〔Manorama Fritschi ''(Ed.)'', Council of Christian Hospitals, Pithapuram, 1977. Manorama Fritschi was the wife of Dr. Ernest Paul Fritschi who was the earlier Director of Schieffelin Institute of Health, Research and Leprosy Centre, Karigiri, India. Internet, accessed 26 October 2008. ()〕 By 1955 the hospital became a general hospital.〔 Evelyn Eaton started a midwifery training course in 1941 and, by 1956, it became an Auxiliary Nurse Midwives course.〔 More than 500 nurses have graduated from this school.〔The Chapel was built in memory of Dr. Hulet in 1957. The CBM Bethel Hospital is a member of, * Council of Christian Hospitals, Pithapuram * Christian Medical Association of India, New Delhi〔The Christian Medical Association of India, Member Institutes in Andhra Pradesh. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008. ()〕 The Hospital also networks with the Christian Medical College, Vellore〔Christian Medical College, Vellore, Networking. Internet, accessed 5 October 2008. ()〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CBM Bethel Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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