In Medical Field:
Medical facilities are either totally absent or insufficient in
the mission area. Complying with the appeal of the missionaries, in
1975 Misereor has sanctioned three dispensaries and three con-
vents to cater to the needs of the more or less fifty villages sur-
Carmelite Directory of Telangana - Andhra Pradesh 2020 - 2023
rounding each dispensary. The dispensaries are situated in:
At Budidampad, Carmel Dispensary staffed by Missionaries
of Mary Mediatrix. The convent was inaugurated on 28th October,
1975. The dispensary was inaugurated in 1976 by P.V.R.K. Prasad,
district Collector, Khammam.
At Reddipalem, St. Peter’s Dispensary (Petra Sadan Carmel
Dispensary 1977) staffed by the Sisters of Deena Sevana Sabha.
Before the dispensary was handed over to the sisters,
Dr. Fr. Innocent was treating all sorts of incurable diseases
(Homeopathy) here in this dispensary.
At Sulanagar, St. Aloysius Dispensary staffed by the Sisters
of St. Aloysius D’ Gonzaga. The Convent was blessed by Rt. Rev.
Thumma Joseph, Bishop of Vijayawada on 8th September, 1980.
At Vemsur: Msgr. Victor San Miguel after his coming to the
Andhra mission has built monumental hospital with 50 to 100 beds
and the C.T.C. sisters offered the service.
