The medical work in Chandraghona started in the year 1907. Dr. George Orissa Taylor was the first doctor to work in Chandraghona. He was a young Baptist house surgeon, son of India missionaries, and had specially trained with a view to medical mission service. He was sent to Chittagong Hill Tracts by the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS), UK.

In 1907, the small dispensary, a two room mud hut erected earlier in the valley below the bungalow, was to act as a temporary hospital while foundations were laid for a new red brick hospital. Cheered and encouraged by the financial help of the Commissioner of Chittagong and the Superintendent of the Hill Tracts, they set to with great enthusiasm to complete the building.

In 1998 construction of a new hospital began replacing the 90 year old structure which became unsafe to use. With the financial assistance of EED of Germany and ICCO of The Netherlands, work on the new hospital started and was completed in 2002 in three phases. The new hospital building was opened on 3rd January 2003.

Now in 2009/10 we face fresh challenges. Along with the development of the building from the hut to a three storied solid structure, work and technology has expanded. The number of staff has also increased. So too has the rate of change and the demands of the outside world. It has been a long journey since 1907. There were many difficult times but God's work never stopped. It is continuing now and will continue in the future, whatever may lie ahead.

For a fuller description of the history of CHC see the History Book which was compiled by Marjorie MacVicar for our Centenary Celebrations, and includes contributions from many who have served in CHC over the years, and Extracts from “Early Days in the Chittagong Hill Tracts” from the treatise by Dr G.O.Teichman.