Champa Christian Hospital

Few snaps and a brief history about the Champa Christian Hospital. 

Begun in 1926 by Dr. Harvey R. Bauman and his wife Dr. Ella Bauman (nee. Garber), missionaries from General Conference Mennonite Church, the hospital has been under Emmanuel Hospital Association since 1971.

Below are few snaps from the hospital which I visited couple of days back.

The front view of the hospital . .. ... 

Front view from the entrance

The maternity block

Corridor leading the previous urology dept

Dr. Joseph Immanuel, the present Medical Superintendent.
He is 3 years past his retirement age.
Waiting for a robust team to take over . . .  

The emergency ward . . . 

Drs. Henry and Ella, the founders

Another view of the corridor

The sarai. . . place for relatives to stay

The dental department. Dr. Wilson from Nagaland is in charge . . .

The day we reached, the CH team was preparing for demonstrating mushroom cultivation

Sr. Wendy teaching nurses at CCH

Well, we need people here too. 

If you liked this, you'll also like . . . Madhepura Christian Hospital, Madhepura

Another drive . . . to Champa

After the last long drive we took to Madhepura, I was eagerly waiting for the next drive. And came the opportunity yesterday to drive to Champa. 

After much research, the following was the route that we took. 

Google maps showed us that the distance was 436 kilometers. Our odometer showed 470 kilometers. We had started off at 5:30 am and was in Champa by 3:00 pm.

The return was by a different route. 

Here, google maps showed 432 kilometers, but our odometer showed 500 kilometers. We took some more time for the return trip as we took more time to rest on the way back. We started at 5:30 am and reached NJH at 4:00 pm. 

Personally, I preferred the road we used for the return trip. However, there was new road construction in the former route which could change things soon. 

And the reason for the trip. To bring the Grace babies heroes to NJH . . . Wendy and Jerry would be at NJH for a week. 

Well, watch out for the next post on the Champa Christian Hospital. 

Before I sign off, a few snaps from the trip . . . 

We left before dawn and witnessed the beautiful sunrise over the Ranka hills

Entering Chattisgarh . . .

The smooth roads were a welcome relief

Something you'll find only in this part of the country

A common sight in most of North India at this point of time.
There has been a bumper harvest this year . .. ...

Guava orchard . . .

We went through dangerous stretches of forest areas. Here is a signboard warning us of elephants.
There was another place where there was a warning about bears. Unfortunately, we never saw any wild animal

A very good restaurant in Ambikapur . . . Recommended . . .