 This spark was slow but steady which in later 1986, with a dedicated team of doctors from CMCH Vellore led by Dr A S FENN was envisaged as a multispeciality hospital providing "secondary level health" care to majority of poor and middle class society in and around Ambur without discrimination of caste, creed and religion.Bethesda Hospital is situated in Ambur town, with a population of more than one lakh and is surrounded by approximately 60 village hamlets.The hospital housed in a campus area of 35 acres serves the health need of very large segment of the rural populations.