Edith Mary Brown
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Edith Mary Brown is the founder of Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana (1894)[1], an Indian non-profit working on healthcare, education and faith-based service from Ludhiana.
Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
Founded in 1894 by Dr. Edith Mary Brown as Asia's first medical school for women, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana is a minority-run charitable teaching hospital that has trained generations of doctors, dentists and nurses in the spirit of the healing ministry. Its hospital accommodates 750 inpatients across general, private and critical care wards, anchors stroke care and public health programmes across Punjab, and pursues its founding emphasis on healthcare for rural, underserved and unreached communities.
Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana reports the following, on its own site:
- Indoor services accommodating 750 patients across general, private and critical care wards
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Ludhiana
- Founded
- 1894
- Press
- 2
References
- [1] “The Greenfield sisters and their associates organized the Health Care Educational Services in which endeavour Dr. Edith Mary Brown joined them in 1893 and in 1894 the North Indian School of Medicine for Christian Women was started by Dr. Edith Mary Brown and her colleagues with the object of training Indian nationals particularly the women, to serve in the field of Medical education and Health Care Services, emphasizing integration of training and health care services.” — Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana. Source
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