College of Nursing, Ludhiana

About College of Nursing, Ludhiana

According to the Constitution of Christian Medical College, Ludhiana society (Regd.), the Christian medical College, Ludhiana is a education and research institution of an all India Character established and run by the minority Christian Community. Its primary aim is to educate and train Christian men and women as health professionals, in the spirit of Jesus Christ for the healing ministry of the Church in India. However, like many other Christian educational institutions, this college also offers educational facilities to other young men and women irrespective of religion, caste or community.

Through education in this college the Christian church seeks to make a significant contribution to the health standards of all communities of our National with special emphasis on health care in the rural areas. Medical Missionary work was started in Ludhiana in the year 1881 by the Greenfield sister's Miss Martha Rose and Miss Kay Greenfield. This pioneering medical work of the Greenfield sisters was the precursor of the medical Training and Health Care service programme of the present Christian Medical College, Ludhiana.

The Greenfield sister and their associates organized the Health Care Educational Services in which endeavor Dr. Edith Mary Brown joined them in 1894 the North Indian School of Medicine for Christian Women was started by Dr. Edith Mary Brown and her colleagues with the object of training Indian Nationals, particularly the women to serve in the field of Medical Education and Health Care Services, emphasizing integration of training and health care services.

Nursing training was started in 1889 by the Greenfield sisters. The school became well - known for the nursing care it provided and for its services to needy patients particularly after 1894 when the school of medicine for Christian Women was started.

The General Nursing Programme began in 1941. In 1953 the MBBS course started in Christian Medical college, Ludhiana, admitting both men and women students, and the nursing programme was upgraded accordingly. The School of Nursing was upgraded to college of Nursing in 1973 with 18 students admitted to the B.Sc Nursing course. The first batch of B.Sc. Nursing students graduated in April 1977.

Christian Medical College
Ludhiana 141008,
Punjab
India

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