American doctor who became the beacon of hope and ‘Missiyamma’ of Ambur

In the late 1960s, Alice G. Brauer, an Indian-born American gynaecologist and missionary, came to India to work at Bethesda Hospital at Ambur in Tirupattur. What she saw was extreme poverty and illnesses. She decided at once to take healthcare to the villagers. When her missionary stint ended in the early 1980s, she stayed back to serve the people

​In the late 1960s, Alice G. Brauer, an Indian-born American gynaecologist and missionary, came to India to work at Bethesda Hospital at Ambur in Tirupattur. What she saw was extreme poverty and illnesses. She decided at once to take healthcare to the villagers. When her missionary stint ended in the early 1980s, she stayed back to serve the people