The American Missionary Hospital Bahrain: Through the Changing Scenes of Life 1983-1993 - Hardcover

Angela Clarke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1898357005 ISBN 13: 9781898357001

Publisher: The American Mission Hospital, 1993

Synopsis

Modern medical services first became available in thr Arabian Gulf region during the last decade of the nineteenth century. These were conducted by pioneer missionaries of the Reformed Church in America, who first settled in Basra at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Both there and elsewhere as these men and women traveled about the Gulf, they offered simple treatments and basic medications to those who sought their assistance. In time, physicians and nurses were recruited for the sake of establishing permanent services in the different locations occupied by the Reformed Church's Arabian Mission. A large donation from a family in New York allowed the mission to build its first hospital which opened in Bahrain in 1902. In time, other hospitals were built in Iraq, Kuwait and Oman. Over the years, the mission hospitals also conducted medical tours into other emirates along the Arabian Gulf coast, as well as the newly-founded Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The development of the petroleum industry and subsequent rise of independent nation-states profoundly influenced the work of the mission hospitals. In most locations, the hospital and personnel were eventually absorbed into the government healthcare systems. This is their story which includes ample photographs of the people and places associated with this mission.

About this edition

• Publisher: The American Mission Hospital
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1898357005
• ISBN 13: 9781898357001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288