Christian Medical College & Hospital, known simply as "CMC", is the pre-eminent medical school in India. It was founded by Ida S. Scudder, and is located in the city of Vellore in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, South India. Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder (December 9, 1870–May 24, 1960) was a medical missionary to India and the founder of the Vellore Christian Medical Center in Vellore, India. ... A historical town in the state of Tamil Nadu, in southernmost India, Vellore is now the headquarters of Vellore district. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... A map of South India, its rivers, regions and water bodies. ...

History

The idea to start a hospital came in the late 1800's, when Ida visited her medical missionary father, John Scudder, at his post in Tamil Nadu. One night, Ida was asked to help three women from different families struggling in difficult childbirth. Custom prevented their husbands from accepting the help of a male doctor and being without training at that time, Ida herself could do nothing. The next morning she was shocked to learn that each of the three women had died. She believed that it was a calling and a challenge set before her by God to begin a ministry dedicated to the health needs of the people of India, particularly women and children. Consequently, Ida went back to America, entered medical training (practically unheard of for women at that time) and, in 1899, was one of the first women graduates of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University; 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and derived henotheistic forms. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College is the medical school and biomedical research unit of Cornell University. ... Cornell University is a research university whose main campus is located on the East Hill of Ithaca, New York, and whose two medical campuses are located in New York City and in Education City, Qatar, near Doha. ...

Shortly thereafter, she returned to India and opened a one-bed clinic in Vellore in 1900. Two years later, in 1902, she built a 40-bed hospital, the forerunner of today's 1700-bed medical center. In 1909, she started the School of Nursing, and in 1918, a medical school for women was opened. (Men were admitted in 1947). With the training of these women as doctors and nurses, Indian women would now begin to have access to health care professionals. A historical town in the state of Tamil Nadu, in southernmost India, Vellore is now the headquarters of Vellore district. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In addition to the care of women, Ida Scudder saw the need for bringing health care to the poor, the disabled, and the neglected of India. She traveled regularly to outlying villages, bringing medical care to the doorstep of poor villagers, starting CMC's first "roadside" dispensary in 1916. Over the years, these roadside dispensaries have developed into extensive rural health and development programs that have become internationally acclaimed in the Community Health field. These dispensaries have attracted members of the medical community from around the world, from young medical students to nurses to highly skilled surgeons, to study and contribute their skills. 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

The 100 years since Ida Scudder opened the first small clinic have seen considerable growth. Today, there are 2,000 outpatients per day, 1,000 inpatients, 43 operations, 22 clinics, and 16 births. Ten bible classes are held each day and 380 patients are visited by a chaplain. In addition, there is the work of CHAD, CONCH, and RUSHA, which go out to the villages and rural areas bringing methods of disease prevention, health care and community empowerment to tens of thousands more. CMC employs over 4300 people today, and is widely acknowledged to be one of the top Medical schools in India.

Christian Medical College

Christian Medical College at Vellore, is a leading medical school and centre for medical research in India. The Christian Medical College has come to occupy a prominent place among the medical institutions in India. CMC is unique in being both, a centre attending to the needs of the disadvantaged, and a leading referral tertiary care hospital. CMC fosters wholeness of healing and integrates physical and spiritual care. The combination of technical competence and the urge to be relevant to the needs of people and their environment influence the research and development activities. CMC’s principal achievement is creation of hundreds of health care personnel who having studied and worked here, have imbibed the spirit of compassionate care and self giving culture. Our present team of doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, engineers, chaplains and others are engaged in making health care relevent to the changing times. Today, CMC’s graduates form a large number of trained health care personnel for the Christian medical network in our country. CMC is a healing arm of the church in India. A historical town in the state of Tamil Nadu, in southernmost India, Vellore is now the headquarters of Vellore district. ... Medical school generally refers to a tertiary educational institution (or part of such an institution) which is involved in the education of future medical practitioners (medical doctors). ...

The College is attached to Christian Medical College & Hospital. Redirected from Christian Medical College Christian Medical College & Hospital, known simply as CMC, was founded by Ida S. Scudder, and located in the city of Vellore in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, South India. ...

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 undergraduate medical course. The churches who are members of the council sponsor students for different courses. Seventy five percent of medical students are sponsored.

The student body is a wholesome mix of various regions, religions and communities of India and other Asian countries. Twenty five percent of the seats are offered to students from open merit and for those from low income families. Some students receive scholarships for their training. Students and faculty live together like a family in a residential campus. A major emphasis in the curriculum is training in Community Medicine, a part of which includes living in a village for several weeks and participating in activities designed to provide practical knowledge and experience related to the life and health of rural people. After graduation the sponsored students serve for at least two years in a hospital run by their church before beginning their higher studies. Trainees who join for post graduate courses are fulltime members of the staff, actively working in the wards and laboratories while learning under the guidance of senior colleagues.

CMC has been given a five star rating by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission, in recognition of its quality of medical education and health care. CMC has been categorized as a superspeciality teaching hospital of the highest quality and assigned the H1 grading by the Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) Ltd. The H1 grading implies that the institution has resources and processes consistent with those required to deliver the highest quality of care. The grading reflects the institution’s broadly adequate infrastructure and equipment, its committed medical and nursing staff, its wellstructured governance and management processes and its track record in medical techniques and procedures. The span of ICRA’s health care grading service broadly covers primary, secondary, tertiary healthcare providers and teaching hospitals.

Milestones

• 1900 - Single bed dispensary
• 1902 - Schell Hospital for Women & Children (40 Beds)
• 1903 - First Training Course for compounders
• 1906 - First “roadside” dispensary
• 1909 - Nursing School Diploma Course
• 1918 - Medical School for Women LMP Course
• 1924 - Hospital on present site in Thottapalayam (267 beds)
• 1932 - Medical School moved to College Hill campus
• 1942 - Medical College MBBS Degree Course
• 1945 - Laboratory Technician Training Course
• 1946 - College of Nursing Degree Course India’s first College of Nursing
• 1947 - First batch of men medical students
• 1948 -
  • First reconstructive surgery on leprosy patients in the world
  • First Neurological Sciences Department in South Asia
  • First Eye camp
• 1950 - Medical Postgraduate Courses MD and MS
• 1951 - New Life Centre (Leprosy Rehabilitation)
• 1954 - Radiographer Training Course
• 1956 - Mental Health Centre
• 1957 -
  • Rural Health Centre
  • Pharmacy Diploma Course
• 1961 -
  • First Successful open heart surgery in India
  • First middleear microsurgery for deafness in India
• 1962 - Medical Records & Physiotherapy Courses
• 1963 - College of Nursing Building
• 1965 - Fleming Memorial Research Laboratory in Virology
• 1966 -
  • First Rehabilitation Institute in India
  • Williams Research Building
• 1968 - Occupational Therapy & Hospital Administration Courses
• 1969 - College of Nursing Postgraduate Degree Course
• 1971 - First kidney transplant in India
• 1972 - Engineering services building
• 1974 - New Operation Theatre complex
• 1975 - Community orientation programme for Medical Students
• 1976 - Artificial Kidney Unit
• 1977 -
  • Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs
  • First external quality assurance programme for 59 Indian Laboratories
• 1978 -
  • Betatron
  • ICMR Centre for Advanced Research in Virology
  • Institute for mentally challanged children
• 1981 - New Ophthalmology Hospital in the Schell Campus
• 1982 - Degree Programmes in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Medical Records Science
• 1983 - Low Cost Effective Care Unit
• 1984 - Continuing Medical Education department
• 1985 - Epidemiology Resource centre
• 1986 -
  • National AIDS Reference and Surveillance Centre
  • Bone Marrow Transplant
  • Whole body C.T. Scan
• 1990 -
  • Infant Open Heart Surgery
  • 1000th live donor Kidney Transplantation
• 1991 - Dr.Ida B.Scudder Radiation Therapy Block
• 1992 - 10,000th open heart surgery
• 1993 - Linear Accelerator
• 1994 - Diploma course in Pastoral Healing Ministry
• 1995 -
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging System
  • Reproductive Medicine Unit
• 1996 -
  • First carotid bifurcation stenting procedure in India
  • First transseptal carotid stenting procedure in the world
  • First transjugular mitral valvuloplasty procedure in the world
• 1997 -
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Unit
  • Developmental Paediatrics Unit
  • P.G.Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Course
  • First In Vitro Fertilisation / Gamete Intra Fallopian Transfer Babies (Twins)
• 1998 -
  • First Bone Marrow Transplant in a 6 month old baby
  • First whole body irradiation for a bone marrow transplant patient.
• 1999 -
  • First Intra cytoplasmic sperm injection Baby
  • First Liver Transplantation
• 2000 -
  • Ida S.Scudder Centenary Center for Women and Children
  • Sewage Treatment Plant
  • 2000th live donor kidney transplantation
• 2001 - PACS system for Radiology
• 2002 - Cytogenetics Laboratory
• 2003 -
  • Bioengineering Department Medical Oncology Unit
  • Palliative Care Unit
  • National Citizen’s Award
  • India’s Best Employer Award
  • Vellore-Bombay Artificial Limb
  • Speciality Oriented Department of Surgery
  • Annual Winter Symposium
• 2004 -
  • Outreach Clinics in Vellore town
  • Rheumatology Unit
  • Medical Genetics Unit
  • WHO collaborating centre (CON)
  • Telemedicine
  • Outreach Clinics, World Diabetes Foundation project
• 2005 -
  • First live donor Liver transplant
  • Department of Continuing Nursing Education
  • First Surgical Ventricular Restoration (SVR)

Notable firsts

• Established India's first department of neurosurgery
• Established India's first department of cardiothoracic surgery

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Prominent alumni

• Thomas Thomas, the first Indian cardio-thoracic surgeon.
• Ashok Venkitaraman, Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research, University of Cambridge
• Sudi Devanesen, physician and health educator in Canada
• Harry Thangaraj, Assistant Director of the MIHR http://www.mihr.org/index.php/?q=node/view/2 Oxford
• Belai Habte-Jesus, MD, MPH Global Foundation for Transparency and Accountability

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External link

• Official site
• Vellore Christian Medical College Board (USA)