LAMB Hospital, Bangladesh
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LAMB Hospital is a 150-bed general hospital located in Dinajpur District of Bangladesh. The hospital was opened in 1983 and since then it is providing health care for the neighboring community especially the poor.[1] LAMB Hospital is run by Lutheran Aid to Medicine in Bangladesh, an NGO of the American Santal Mission in Dinajpur. The hospital also established a low-cost telemedicine system with the help of The Swinfen Charitable Trust apart from diagnostic, general health care and acute care services.[2]
The foundation of LAMB Hospital was envisioned in the mid-1950s by Rev. John Ottesen, who was a missionary of the American Santal Mission in Dinajpur. Subsequently, a prayer group in Los Angeles developed the idea of having a hospital for providing tertiary, secondary and primary health services to the neighboring community.[3] In 1979, LAMB Community Health and Development Program (LAMB CHDP) was started.