Category: news

This has been a very challenging year for the whole world. As New Year dawned last January, who would have believed that we would be in the grips of the Covid pandemic at the close of the year? My wife and I were in India in early March, intending to visit CMCH for the Governing…

Ludhiana 25th November Prof Jeyaraj D Pandian, Principal, CMC Ludhiana received the prestigious Global Stroke Services award conferred by the World Stroke Organisation (WSO) for his contribution to the development of Stroke care services in India and other developing countries. He is the first Asian to receive this award at the recently concluded joint virtual…

Some good news On Tuesday October 27th our Chairman was invited to the virtual inauguration of the pathology equipment purchased in memory of Reg Britt. He reports: “The event was attended by Dr William Bhatti, Dr Jeyaraj, Dr Anil Luther as well as all the laboratory staff. Prayers were led by Rev. Alex Peter. I…

The photograph shows Ted and Jane in their garden Dr Feierabend was one of the last of a generation of missionary children born in India. You may read more our article. He was possibly the last of the ‘torch bearers’ representing a forgotten generation of overseas missionaries whose parents came and made India their home.…

The picture shows Ted in Lohardaga in 2016 Ted was born in Bilaspur, British India, becoming the fourth generation of missionaries in India. In 2016 together with his daughter Mary Girard and cousin Wolfram Peetz he made a heritage tour to northern India to visit the places where his relatives had worked. Much of the…

The whole world remains in the grip of the Coronavirus and some countries are beginning to witness a second spike in infection.  The count of positive patients and the number of Covid-19 deaths in India are both increasing exponentially and the health service in various cities [Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad] is being submerged under the onslaught. …

Annual General Meeting 2020 The Annual General Meeting this year will be a Zoom meeting at 2 o’clock on the afternoon of Thursday May 7th.  If you would like an invitation to join the meeting please email request to info@friendsofludhiana.org.uk   Friends of Ludhiana Chairman’s Report April 2020   The Christian Medical College and Hospital…

First a huge thank you to those who have already sent donations in anticipation of problems for CMC. As you can imagine communicating with the hospital is difficult at present: they have too many other things to do, but I will tell you what I know. Rev. Alex Peter says “It’s complete lock down. 14…