The Christian Medical College and Hospital is a private, minority-run

teaching hospital A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...

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. Founded in 1894, it was then the first medical school for women in Asia.

History

Medical missionary work in Ludhiana was begun in 1881 by Scottish evangelist sisters Martha Rose Greenfield and Kay Greenfield.

Dame Edith Mary Brown Dame Edith Mary Brown, (24 March 1864 – 6 December 1956) was an English doctor and medical educator. She founded the Christian Medical College Ludhiana in 1894, the first medical training facility for women in Asia, and served as principal ...

joined them in 1893. The following year they established the North Indian School of Medicine for Christian Women. In 1964, the Department of Medicine attained the requisite number of teachers and services to the extent that it was upgraded to train postgraduates in medicine, leading to the M.D. degree. At present the college offers both speciality and superspeciality degrees in all major speciality and superspeciality services and is affiliated to

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Baba Farid University of Health Sciences was established in July 1998 by Punjab Act No. 18. Punjabi and headquartered in Faridkot. Faculties University has about 920 MBBS and 1,070 BDS seats across Punjab. Notable affiliated colleges incl ...

Hospital services

The hospital provides a wide variety of services, ranging from primary peripheral care to superspecialty care. Departments and services include Anesthesia and Critical Care, Clinical Psychology, Dermatology, ENT, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Internal Medicine and Specialties, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Physiotherapy, Radiation Therapy and surgical specialties. Superspecialty services like Cardiology, Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Neonatology, Neurology, Nephrology, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery & Microsurgery and Urology & Transplantation and Clinical Hematology. The hospital's Psychiatry Department is combating the substance abuse crisis in

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. The department offers de-addiction services and has found that most patients are between 20 and 30 years old and are addicted to anything from cough syrup and

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and alcohol.

Community services

CMC Ludhiana provides health care and education in urban and rural communities through clinics and medical camps. A dedicated Rural Health Outreach Programme (RHOP) has been in place since April 2003. This new initiative has started to provide a network of health services in the rural belts around

in conjunction with village

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s, local trusts and other local organizations. A monthly psychiatric clinic is held at Missionaries of Charity, a home for mentally disabled children. Clinics in surrounding villages like Lalton Kalan,

Rauwal Rauwal is a village in Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India, Punjab States and territories of India, State, India. It is located from sub district headquarter and from district headquarter. The village is Administration (gover ...

, Malsihan Bhaike,

Hambran Hambran is a village located in the Villages in Ludhiana West Tehsil, Ludhiana West tehsil, of Ludhiana district, Punjab India, Punjab. Hambran is a township in Punjab state in India. Located in the Ludhiana District close to Mullanpur Dakha, 17 ...

are organized and managed under this program. The social and preventive medicine (SPM) department is very active in this program. Community health centers in nearby areas which provide basic health care are managed by this department. Students and physicians are regularly posted in these centers.

Academics

CMC Ludhiana has the following colleges associated with it: # Christian Medical College # Christian Dental College # Christian Nursing College # College of Physiotherapy # Institute of Allied Health Sciences CMC Ludhiana offers more than 50 courses in medical stream including

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

, BDS and Bsc Nursing. All these courses include undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral courses. It also awards post graduate diplomas in many fields.

National Faculty Development and FAIMER activities

The

Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "support the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) as it promotes international health p ...

(FAIMER), USA and the

Medical Council of India The Medical Council of India (MCI) was a statutory body for establishing uniform and high standards of medical education in India until its dissolution on 25 September 2020 when it was replaced by National Medical Commission. The Council grante ...

have recognized the institution as a nodal center for faculty development. More than 1000 teachers from various medical colleges have been trained so far through these initiatives. The FAIMER regional institute holds its sessions in February every year and enrolls 20 Fellows for intensive training in educational methods and educational leadership.

Rankings

The

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(NIRF) ranked CMC Ludhiana 18 among medical colleges in India in 2020. CMC Ludhiana is ranked 28th by ''

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'' in 2020.

Notable alumni

* Abraham Thomas - plastic and reconstructive surgeon, specializing in

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and former director. * Forrest C. Eggleston - former director *

George Kovoor George Kovoor was an Indian neurosurgeon, who gained popularity after being featured in many YouTube channels and Malayalam television shows as a Christian evangelist. Early life He did his early education at St. Thomas Residential School, Th ...

- neurosurgeon and the Director & Chairman of Kovoor Institute of Neuro-Sciences (KINS)

References

Bibliography

* Francesca French, ''Miss Brown's hospital: the story of the Ludhiana Medical College and Dame Edith Brown, O.B.E., its founder'', London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1954.

External links

Official Website
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