Medical services Christian Medical College & Hospital



way outpatient department



coffee shop in main building courtyard


there 2 main campuses - one, main campus @ heart of vellore city, , other @ bagayam, 7 km main campus. cmc has on 8,800 staff, including on 1,528 doctors , 2,400 nurses. every clinical specialty catered to, , many departments subdivided units of particular expertise in specific areas, in division of surgery broken down 8 units specializing in head , neck surgery, endocrine surgery, vascular surgery, colorectal surgery, etc. there total of 143 specialized departments/units.


department of clinical immunology & rheumatology caters more 40,000 patients year, covering conditions rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathies including ankylosing spondylitis , psoriatic arthropathy, lupus, primary sjogren s syndrome , takayasu arteritis. department has own extremity mri , sonography services, , involved in clinical , translational research.


the departments of obstetrics , gynaecology, reproductive medicine, child health, neonatology, paediatric surgery , developmental paediatrics housed in ida s.scudder centenary center women , children (isscc) has 424 beds.


the department of orthopedics has 3 units , additional specialized units pediatric orthopedics, hand & micro vascular surgery , spinal disorders unit.


the hematology department pioneer in treatment of blood disorders includes state of art bone marrow transplantation, heamato-oncology, , bleeding disorders.


the department of ophthalmology functions @ schell eye hospital campus. mental health centre, cmc s department of psychiatry, located on bagayam campus. center houses faculty evaluation , training of mentally retarded children, called nambikkai nilayam, tamil phrase meaning center hope. physical medicine , rehabilitation hospital, rehabilitation institute, located on bagayam campus.


radiology reports incorporated film-less digital system picture archiving , communication system (pacs), first in country, started in 2000. medical professionals can view images on computer on hospital network. laboratory test results incorporated hospital intranet, making them accessible anywhere inside hospital.








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