Christian Medical College CMC, Vellore

About Christian Medical College CMC, Vellore

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Christian Medical College Vellore was established to prepare students who can serve the humanity
The Christian Medical College is today a referral tertiary care hospital. CMC’s graduates stay on to work in hospitals affiliated to the Christian Medical Association of India.

The College is owned and administered by the Christian Medical College Vellore Association which is a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act of India. The Association is made up of 54 churches and other Christian Medical organisations. The Christian Medical College Council, which comprises the members of the Association and other Indian and foreign organisations, governs the CMC Vellore Association.

In 1918 Dr.Ida Scudder established a Medical School for Women, which was upgraded to a College in 1942 and became coeducational in 1947. Each year 60 students, of which at least 25 are women, are admitted for the undergraduate medical course (M.B.B.S. of The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R.Medical University). Of the 60 seats, 6 seats are reserved for wards of CMC faculty and a minimum of 44 seats are reserved for Christian students sponsored by Churches and Christian organisations which are members of the Christian Medical College Vellore Association. The rest of the seats are thrown open to students from all over the country.

Scholarships are available to students who need financial assistance. The students and the faculty live in a residential campus. Training in Community Medicine involves daily village visits to collect data about disease prevention awareness, child malnutrition, living conditions, socio economic status and educational status. Following completion of the course, all CMC graduates are mandated to work for a period of two years in hospitals run by the Churches and Christian organizations which sponsored them. The Postgraduate trainees are considered faculty and they work in the wards or laboratories.

Of the 750 odd doctors who comprise the Medical faculty, a minimum of 75% in every department must be of the Christian faith. Among the Nursing faculty a minimum of 90% of the staff must be Christians. However, the rule has been relaxed to a minimum of 50% Christian representation in the case of the attenders and other non professional staff to help the local population eke out a living. It still remains to be seen if an acceptable proportion of Christians can be brought in among the house maids and babysitters working in the campus as Christians are usually well educated and prefer white collar jobs.

by taking inspiration from the God. It seeks to develop in its students a commitment to service by sensitizing them to the needs of the other. In its more than 100 years of existence CMC Vellore has established itself as premier medical institute of India. Christian Medical College campus is situated at Bagayam, that is 7 km away from the hospital campus, which is situated at the heart of the Vellore town, Tamil Nadu. CMC is a co-educational residential college that pays adequate attention to the development of the infrastructure and recreational facilities for its boarders.

The Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore occupies a prominent placeamong medical institutions in India and in the world as a 1,700-bed multicampus complex that is a vital, diverse, interdenominational community. CMCH Vellore affirms a shared commitment to healing of the total person. Tertiary legvel care services include organ transplants, advanced cardiothoracic and neurological care.

The main hospital campus in Vellore town, the Mental Health Center and Rehabilitation Center in the college campus, the base hospitals at CHAD and RUHSA and the Ida Scudder Ward and Eye Hospital in the Schell Campus, provide over 1,700 beds. The services range from internal medicine and child health to neurology and neurosurgery, organ transplanation, advanced cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery.