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Christian Medical College, Vellore

last updated Mar 8, 2012

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Christian Medical College Vellore Association
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
1900
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle), 60-90% (middle to upper-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Out-of-pocket payments
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
Donor

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
100<
Summary: 

The century old Christian Medical College and Hospital was founded in 1900 by Ida S. Scudder. What was once a 40-bedded clinic to serve women and children is now a full-service 2,695-bed hospital with a staff of over 8,000, of whom about 1,300 are doctors and 2,500 are nurses. These cater to an average of 6,000 outpatients, 2,166 inpatients, and 45 births per day.

Key program components: 

CMC focuses on providing multi-speciality tertiary level hospital service It is a key trainer of doctors, nurses and other hospital professionals (e.g., OT, Physio, lab technicians).

In addition to operating the tertiary hospital, CMC also runs the following programs:

The Community Health and Development (CHAD) program reaches out to the marginalized and vulnerable members of society, giving them access to health services in the base hospital through special clinics for antenatal patients, high-risk infants, tuberculosis, leprosy, ear-nose-throat, eye and infectious diseases. Through its outreach program, CHAD provides comprehensive primary health care for a population of 106,000, support services for a population of 120000 and basic health services to local tribal groups.

The College of Nursing Community Health Programme (CONCH) covers a population of 62989 in 20 rural villages and a semi-urban towns, providing them with regular services such as home visits, maternal and child health clinics and morbidity clinics.

The Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs (RUHSA), a community health programme of the Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India, serves the K.V. Kuppam Block in the Vellore district in the state of Tamil Nadu. The frontline of RUHSA's healthcare structure is the Community Health Worker. The health worker is supported by the community health team (consisting of a doctor, nurse, community organizer and a health aide), which visits every village every week. Cases requiring greater medical attention are referred to the base hospital. Morbidity and mortality data, birth and death statistics are also reported.

The School of Nursing was founded in 1909 and became India's first college of nursing offering BSc in 1946. The medical course started in 1918 (LMP Course for women only) and was upgraded to a Medical College in 1942, admitting men from 1947. In addition to training health care professionals and doing community outreach, the College undertakes a variety of research activities - whether aimed at gaining knowledge of the fundamental basis of health and disease, improving interventions, or optimizing the use of resources.

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