Christian Medical College, Ludhiana
The Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana is an educational and research institution of an all India character established and run by the minority Christian community. Its primary aim like many other Christian educational institutions this college also offers educational facilities to other young men and women irrespective of religion, caste and community. Through education in this college the Christian Church seeks to make a significant contribution to the health standards of all communities of our nation with special emphasis on health care in the rural underserved and unreached areas/communities in India.
The Medical Missionary work was started in Ludhiana in the year 1881 by the Greenfield sisters, Miss Martha Rose and Miss Kay Greenfield. They were Evangelists and Educationalists from Scotland. This pioneering medical work of the Greenfield sisters was the precursor of the Medical Training and Health Care Service Programe of the present Christian Medical College, Ludhiana. The Greenfield sisters and their associates organized the Health Care Educational Services in which endeavour Dr. Edith Mary Brown joined them in 1893 and 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.
The period from 1894 to 1952 has been an epoch making era which saw the landmark of development from its beginning as a School of Medicine for Christian Women to Women’s Christian Medical College until 1952 when the name was changed to Christian Medical College to enable it to admit both men and women students for the upgraded MBBS course which came into effect for its first admission from 1953. Since the College was upgraded to M.B.B.S in 1953, more than 2000 candidates have graduated and are serving in different parts of India & the world.
The CMC Ludhiana, specifically its Department of Medical Education (DOME), is the National Medical Commission's (NMC) Nodal Centre for Faculty Development, since 2014. It is also a Regional FAIMER (Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research) centre, a fellowship program for health professions educators in South Asia. The institute is also a hub for ICMR research with multiple research projects on site. It is also the head of the Global Surgery Unit India Hub which is an NIHR initiative. It will also be the first BMT facility in the state of Punjab after an MOU signed with the Punjab government.
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