Scudder Memorial Hospital, Ranipet

SMH

Management & Staff of SMH Wish you all a merry Christmas & a happy new year.

A new pharmacy cum cash counter has been opened in the emergency department.

Hospital chappel has been renovated & reopend on Dec. 1st. Dr.Lionel Gnanaraj Med.Sup. CMC gave the Message & Hoisted the christmas flag.

The alumni get-together of School of Nursing- SMH was held on 3.12.2011 in the renovated chappel. The M.S gave his greeting & Rev.Dr.Sam Sidharth gave the message.

SMH Community Outreach clinic has been opened

in Ekambranallur village on 18.11.11 about

15 kms from here Click here for photos

Canteen _ HONIEE has been started in SMH main

hospital to provide 24 hours service to patients,

staffs & students

WANTED

==> Physician - M.D.,/ D.N.B.,

==> Medical Officer - MBBS.

NEW COURSE STARTED

==> Post basic diploma in orthopaedic &

rehabilitation nursing course.

==>Duration: One year.

==>Eligibility: R.N.,R.M.,

With one year experience.

==> Apply within 2 weeks.

We received a CT scan

machine from friends in UK.

We require Rs. 10 lakhs(US $ 23,000) for its installation.

Please pray.

CT Scan was inaguated

on 3rd Sept. 2011. In the name of

Rev. Dr. Silas Scudder

(founder of Scudder Memorial Hospital).

Stone laying foundation for

college of Nursing was conducted on 3rd Sept. 2011.

We need your prayer and support.

Drinking water facility

with RO system installed with donations from SBI in SMH Ranipet.

Scudder memorial Hospital - A multi speciality mission hospital providing quality healthcare for the past one and a half centuries. History dates back to the middle of the 19th century when Dr. Silas Downer Scudder started this hospital in Ranipet on 17th march 1866. He was the son of Rev. Dr. John Scudder the first medical missionary from America to the east. After some initial opposition, the hospital sprang almost instantaneously into full and successful operation. Crowds of sick and suffering people began to pour in from the three towns of Ranipet, Arcot and Walajah and their adjoining villages. From the start the gospel was regularly preached and religious tracts and books freely distributed.

On March 10, 1911, the Scudder Memorial Association was formed, "That the purpose for which it is formed is to erect at Ranipet (Arcot), a hospital in order to perpetuate the missionary work begun in 1919 by the Reverend John Scudder, M.D., and carried on by his descendents". Mrs. John Scudder of Vellore (Dr. Ida S. Scudder's mother) laid the corner stone. The new hospital building was completed and occupied in 1928. Over the years a number of members from the Scudder family have rendered their service in this hospital. This includes Dr. John Scudder-II (Dr. Ida Scudder's Father), Dr. Henry Martyn Scudder Jr., Dr. Lewis R. Scudder, Dr. Ellen Scudder, Dr. Gallen Scudder and Dr. John Scudder-III.

Currently the hospital is a 227 bedded hospital with departments of general medicine, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, obstetrics & gynecology, dental and oral surgery, ophthalmology , dermatology, pediatrics and psychiatry. Casualty is functioning round the clock with 24 hours lab ,pharmacy,X ray and ECG.