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{{Infobox hospital
| name = St Stephen's Hospital
| image = St Stpehen's Hospital Delhi.jpg
| caption = St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi
| logo = 
| location =[[St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi| St. Stephen's Hospital]], St. Stephen's, Hospital Marg, Railway Colony, [[Tis Hazari]], [[New Delhi]]
| region =[[Delhi]], 110054
| country = India
| speciality =
| affiliation = [[National Board of Examinations]] for Medical Postgraduate Courses
[[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]] for Nursing Courses
| beds = 600
| founded ={{start date and age|1885}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.ststephenshospital.org/}}
| other_links = 
| funding = Non profit
| type = Teaching
| image_size = 300
| emergency = Yes
| address = Tis Hazari, Delhi 110054
| mapframe-zoom = 16
}}
'''St Stephen's Hospital Delhi''' is a private [[hospital]] in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. The hospital has 600 beds and currently functions as a superspecialty tertiary care center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/st-stephen-s-hospital-in-city/story-gntmJvD7RSEblZ2HNIJDgM.html|title=St Stephen's hospital in city|date=2012-12-01|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref>

== History ==
The institution started as a dispensary in 1876 by the [[Delhi Female Medical Mission]], on the banks of river [[Yamuna]]. The hospital was later established in 1885<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abraham |first=Thomas |date=6 April 2018 |title=People's doc, polio warrior |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/peoples-doc-polio-warrior/article23452664.ece |access-date=2019-07-05 |website=@businessline |language=en}}</ref> as a small facility in [[Chandni Chowk]] and opened by [[Lady Dufferin, Vicereine of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=. St.Stephen's Hospital - History . |url=https://www.ststephenshospital.org/about.html |access-date=2019-07-05 |website=www.ststephenshospital.org}}</ref> It was the first hospital for women and children.<ref name="downtoearth.org.in">{{Cite web |title=Missionary women doctors in nineteenth century Delhi |date=15 February 2004 |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/missionary-women-doctors-in-nineteenth-century-delhi-10810}}</ref>

The hospital was started as a 50-bed facility in [[Chandni Chowk]], overlooking Queen's Gardens (today known as Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Park or Azad Park in [[Old Delhi]]),<ref>{{Cite book|title=Religion and Irreligion in Victorian Society: Essays in Honor of R.K. Webb|last=Davis|first=R. W.|date=2013|publisher=Taylor and Francis|isbn=9781135087487|oclc=826930438}}</ref> formerly known as Company Bagh (or originally called Begum ka Bagh and belonged to [[Jahanara Begum]]), located near the [[Delhi Town Hall|Town Hall]] in Chandni Chowk way back in 1885 as a hospital for women and children. It was the dream of the [[Delhi Female Medical Mission]] to operate in a hospital. The St. Stephen's Hospital for Women and Children was founded in memory of Priscilla Winter, founder of [[Delhi Female Medical Mission]] In the late 1890s, the Mission's treated around 600-700 patients in the new hospital, 15,000 at the dispensaries, and 1,200 through home visits<ref>{{Cite book|title=Three centuries of mission : the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1701-2000|last=O'Connor|first=Daniel|date=2000|publisher=Continuum|isbn=0826449891|oclc=45338566|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/threecenturiesof0000ocon}}</ref>
[[File:Commemorative centenary postcard released in 1985.jpg|thumb|Commemorative centenary first day cover released in 1985]]
The hospital was centrally located in Old Delhi and was the first hospital solely dedicated to the care of women and children in [[Delhi]].<ref name="hosp">{{cite web | publisher=St. Stephen's Hospital | title=Welcome | url=http://www.ststephenshospital.org | accessdate=7 July 2018}}</ref> The hospital was known for its thorough hygiene and discipline. Although the hospital initially first lacked both resources and staff, it began to take off in 1891.

The hospital hired their first female doctor, Jenny Muller, a woman of Indian-German origins who had attended the [[London School of Medicine for Women]]. In 1893, a second female doctor, Mildred Staley joined.<ref name="dan">O'Connor, Dan. "From medicine chest to mission hospitals: the early history of the Delhi Medical Mission for women and children." In Three Centuries of Mission: The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 1701-2000. online: Google E-Book, 2000. 341-355.</ref>

The hospital building was opened by [[Lady Dufferin, Vicereine of India]]. The foundation stone for the old hospital building at [[Tis Hazari]] was laid in 1906 and the hospital was opened in 1909.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/17633/11/11_chapter%203.pdf|title=Healing of Body and Soul: Female Medical Missionaries}}</ref>

The maternity block at Tis Hazari campus was opened in 1969 by [[Indira Gandhi]] the Prime Minister of India. The foundation stone for the General Hospital was laid in 1972 by [[V. V. Giri]] the President of India and opened by [[Indira Gandhi]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=. St.Stephen's Hospital - History . |url=https://www.ststephenshospital.org/about.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115062609/https://www.ststephenshospital.org/about.html |archive-date=2016-01-15 |access-date=2019-07-05 |website=www.ststephenshospital.org}}</ref> The mother and child block was later named after Dr [[Lucy Oommen]], the first Indian medical director of the institute and a [[Padma Shri]] awardee by Dr.[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], the President of India.

A commemorative stamp was issued by the postal department in [[List of postage stamps of India|1985]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.istampgallery.com/st-stephens-hospital-delhi/|title=St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi|website=www.istampgallery.com|date=7 October 2016 |access-date=2019-07-05 |author1=Admin }}</ref> with the picture of the central hospital building and the first day cover depicting the first hospital building at [[Chandni Chowk]].

== Education ==
St. Stephen's Hospital was the first one to begin training the Indian women as [[Nursing|nurses]] in 1867.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} The training School for nurses was started under Alice Wilkinson—the first trained British nurse who joined the hospital in 1908.<ref name="downtoearth.org.in"/> Wilkinson became the hospital's nursing superintendent. She also founded the Trained Nurse's Association of India and worked as its secretary until 1948.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Healey |first=Madelaine |title=Indian Sisters |date=2014-08-07 |isbn=9781315734149 |doi=10.4324/9781315734149}}</ref> The first school of nursing in India was started much later in 1871 at [[Government General Hospital, Chennai]].

The hospital is also one of the major teaching hospitals offering speciality and superspeciality courses affiliated to the [[National Board of Examinations]] and recognized by the [[Medical Council of India]]. The hospital also won the national award from the [[National Board of Examinations]] for the excellence in teaching in the [[Diplomate of National Board]] programme<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome To National Board of Examination |url=http://natboard.edu.in/matter.php?notice_id=1294 |access-date=2019-07-05 |website=natboard.edu.in}}</ref>

The hospital also trains laboratory technicians to perform standardized Hemophilia tests under the aegis of Hemophilia Federation of India<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Hemophilia Federation (India) |url=https://www.hemophilia.in/index.php/about-us/about-hfi}}</ref>

== Research ==
[[File:St_Stephen's_Hospital.jpg|alt=St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi|thumb|St Stephen's Hospital, New Delhi]]
The hospital has a rich tradition contributing to research and knowledge advancing healthcare. Records of publications from the institute date back to 1894<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Staley |first=Mildred |date=1894 |title=Incision of Cervix in Certain Complicated Labour Cases |journal=Indian Med Gaz |volume=29 |issue=10 |pages=367–369 |pmc=5197411 |pmid=29001660}}</ref> on surgical procedures to much recent on red cell abnormalities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Khanduri |first=Uma |date=2004 |title=Unique red cell abnormality in a case of fatal methylene blue induced haemolysis. |journal=Hematology |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=239–41 |doi=10.1080/10245330410001701576 |pmid=15204106 |s2cid=30848211 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The hospital also contributed to the World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist Program Care Process Measures.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lashoher |first=Angela |date=2017 |title=Implementation of the World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 Centers Across Multiple Economic Strata: Effect on Care Process Measures. |journal=World J Surg |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=954–962 |doi=10.1007/s00268-016-3759-8 |pmid=27800590 |s2cid=10442858}}</ref> An active research group works in the area of gestational diabetes<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Punnose |first=John |date=2019 |title=Bimodal distribution of fasting, one and two-hour post load plasma glucose in Asian Indian pregnant women without pre-gestational diabetes: Gestational age related changes. |journal=J Clin Transl Endocrinol}}</ref> and Rheumatology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications |url=https://rheumatologydelhi.wixsite.com/sandhya/publications |access-date=2019-07-25 |website=sandhya |language=en}}</ref>

The organisation is recognized by [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]], Government of India.[[File:St-Stephens-Hospital-3-Marie-Hayes-Ward.jpg|thumb|St Stephen's Hospital]]

== Specialties ==
The hospital provides patients with the following services:
* [[Anesthesia]]
* Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
* [[Cardiology]]
* Casualty
* Community Health
* Dental & Faciomaxillary Surgery
* [[Dermatology]]
* E.N.T
* [[Endocrinology]]
* [[Gastroenterology]]
* Histo Pathology
* Laboratory Services
* Medicine
* [[Nephrology]]
* [[Neurology]]
* [[Neurosurgery]]
* [[Obstetrics]] and [[Gynaecology]]
* [[Ophthalmology]]
* [[Orthopaedics]]
* [[Paediatrics]]
* Paediatrics surgery
* [[Plastic surgery]]
* [[Psychiatry]]
* [[Radiology]]
* Reproductive and retal medicine (RFM)
* Respiratory pulmonary medicine
* [[Rheumatology]]
* [[Surgery]]
* [[Urology]]

==Notable personalities ==
The hospital has contributed a number of notable personalities in modern-day India, including:
*Dr. [[Marie Elizabeth Hayes]], Medical Professional
*[[Lucy Oommen|Dr. Lucy Oommen]], Padma Shri awardee.
*[[Balu Sankaran|Dr Balu Sankaran]] professor, scientist and recipient of the [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Vibushan]] awards.
*Dr. Mathew Varghese, who runs India's only polio ward<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-01-14|title=Dr Mathew Varghese: The polio warrior who wants his ward empty|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/dr-mathew-varghese-the-polio-warrior-who-wants-his-ward-empty/story-4oWEPIc9ErfqyixOIOhQbK.html|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

== Community Health Centre ==
The Community Health Centre, established in 1981 and inaugurated by [[Jagmohan]], the then Lt Governor of Delhi and situated in [[Nand Nagri]] serve people with preventive, pro motive, curative & rehabilitative care<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ststephenshospital.org/sshchd/|title=Community Health Department – St. Stephen's Hospital|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref>

== Last polio ward in India ==
The hospital also runs the distinction of running the last [[polio]] ward in the country.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5087375/meet-the-doctor-who-runs-indias-last-polio-ward/|title=Meet the Doctor Who Runs India's Last Polio Ward|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref> While, India eradicated polio in 2011, millions live with the scars left over by the disease.<ref name=":0" /> The ward run by Dr Mathew Varghese, a renowned orthopedic surgeon who provides care, treatment and rehabilitation to individuals debilitated by polio<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhi-orthopaedic-doctor-who-fights-polio-is-bill-gatess-real-life-hero/articleshow/62666775.cms|title=Dr Matthew Varghese: Delhi orthopaedic doctor who fights polio is Bill Gates's real-life hero {{!}} Delhi News - Times of India|first=Durgesh Nandan|last=Jha|date=January 27, 2018|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref>

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