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{{Infobox university<br />
| name = Christian Medical College, Ludhiana<br />
| image_name = Christian Medical College, Ludhiana Logo.png<br />
| motto = ''Sona Loban Mur (Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh)''<br />
| mottoeng = My Work Is For A King<br />
| established = {{start date and age|1894}}<br />
| type = Private<br />
| chairman = Dr Sudhir Joseph<br />
| director = Dr William Bhatti<br />
| founder = [[Edith Mary Brown|Dame Edith Mary Brown]]<br />
| undergrad =<br />
| postgrad =<br />
| doctoral =<br />
| city = [[Ludhiana]]<br />
| state = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|30.910531|75.863396|type:edu|display=inline,title}}<br />
| campus = 44 acres<ref name="infra">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmcludhiana.in/basic-infrastructure/ |title=Infrastructure |access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref><br />
| colours = {{color box|green}} {{color box|yellow}} {{color box|red}} Green, yellow and red<br />
| nickname =<br />
| website = {{url|http://cmcludhiana.in}}<br />
| staff =<br />
| faculty =<br />
| affiliations = [[Baba Farid University of Health Sciences]], [[Medical Council of India]]<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:Lady Willigdon Hall CMC Ludhiana.jpg|thumb|right|Lady Willigdon Hall CMC Ludhiana]]<br />
'''The Christian Medical College and Hospital''' is a private, minority-run [[teaching hospital]] in [[Ludhiana]], [[India]]. Founded in 1894, it was then the first medical school for women in Asia.<br />
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==History==<br />
Medical missionary work in Ludhiana was begun in 1881 by Scottish evangelist sisters Martha Rose Greenfield and Kay Greenfield. [[Dame Edith Mary Brown]] 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]].<ref name="history">{{Cite web |url=http://cmcludhiana.in/history/ |title=About us: History |publisher=Christian Medical College, Ludhiana |access-date=9 Oct 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830231650/http://cmcludhiana.in/history/ |archive-date=30 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Hospital services==<br />
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.<ref name="main">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmcludhiana.in/ |title=CMC Ludhiana |access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref><br />
The hospital's Psychiatry Department is combating the substance abuse crisis in [[Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Drug Abuse and De-Addiction in Punjab|url=http://deaddictioncentres.in/news/drug-abuse-de-addiction-punjab/|accessdate=22 December 2011}}</ref> The Department offers de-addiction services and has found that most patients are between 20–30 years old and are addicted to anything from cough syrup and [[heroin]] to [[cocaine]] and alcohol.<ref>{{cite news|title=Covered in a Cloud of Addiction|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-21/ludhiana/30542149_1/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707033335/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-21/ludhiana/30542149_1/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|accessdate=22 December 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=21 December 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Community services==<br />
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 [[Ludhiana]] in conjunction with village [[panchayat]]s, local trusts and other local organizations. A monthly psychiatric clinic is held at Missionaries of Charity, a home for mentally challenged children.<ref name="cbmmed">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbm.de/unser-weltweites-engagement/asien |title=CBM Med |access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref><br />
Clinics in surrounding villages like [[Lalton Kalan]], [[Rauwal]], Malsihan Bhaike, [[Hambran]] 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.<ref name="cbm">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbmindia.org.in/programmes/Christian-Medical-College-and-Hospital-316178.php |title=CBM programmme |date=2018-11-09 |access-date=2018-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109234557/https://www.cbmindia.org.in/programmes/Christian-Medical-College-and-Hospital-316178.php |archive-date=9 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Academics ==<br />
CMC Ludhiana has the following colleges associated with it:<br />
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# Christian Medical College<br />
# [[Christian Dental College]]<ref>https://www.cmcludhiana.in/dental-college/</ref><br />
# [[Christian Nursing College]]<br />
# College of Physiotherapy<br />
# Institute of Allied Health Sciences<br />
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CMC Ludhiana offers more than 50 courses in medical stream including [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]], [[Dental degree|BDS]] and Bsc Nursing. All these courses include undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral courses. It also has awards [[Postgraduate diploma|post graduate diplomas]] in many fields.{{cn|date=August 2019}}<br />
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==National Faculty Development and FAIMER activities ==<br />
The [[Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research]] (FAIMER), USA and the [[Medical Council of India]] 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.<br />
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The FAIMER regional institute holds its sessions in February every year and enrolls 20 Fellows for intensive training in educational methods and educational leadership.<ref name="FAIMER site">{{Cite web |url=https://www.faimer.org/education/regional.html |title=FAIMER site |date=2018-10-10 |access-date=2018-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cmcl.faimerfri.org/ |title=CMCL FAIMER site |date=2018-10-10 |access-date=2018-10-10}}</ref><br />
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==Ranking==<br />
{{Infobox India university ranking<br />
| type = University and college<br />
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| NIRF_D_2020 = 18<br />
<!----------Medical Colleges----------><br />
| NIRF_M_2020 = 18<br />
| IT_M_2020 = 28<br />
| OUTLOOK_M_2019 = 13<br />
}}<br />
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The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked CMC Ludhiana 18 among medical colleges in India in 2020.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_M_2020/> CMC Ludhiana is ranked 28th by ''[[India Today]]'' in 2020<ref name=Rankings_IT_M_2020/> and 13th by ''[[Outlook India]]'' among the medical colleges of India in 2019.<ref name=Rankings_OUTLOOK_M_2019/> In 2021, CAREERS360 ranked CMC Ludhiana 7th among Medical colleges of India. <ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.careers360.com|title=Christian Medical College, Ludhiana|url=https://www.careers360.com/colleges/christian-medical-college-ludhiana|access-date=2021-02-01|website=www.careers360.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Notable alumni==<br />
* [[Abraham Thomas]] - plastic and reconstructive surgeon, specializing in [[microsurgery]] and former director.<br />
* [[Forrest C. Eggleston]] - former director<br />
* [[George Kovoor]] - neurosurgeon and the Director & Chairman of Kovoor Institute of Neuro-Sciences (KINS)<br />
* [[Freemu Varghese]] - [[Nephrology#Nephrologist|Nephrologist]] of Indian Origin in the U.S. at Diagnostic Clinic of Houston, in the [[Texas Medical Center]]. He is also a film producer and president of Freedia Entertainment, [[Texas]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7839678/ Dr Freemu Varghese - imdb]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore]]<br />
* [[Ida S. Scudder]]<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* 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.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* Official Website<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmcludhiana.in/|title=Official Website|website=CMC Ludhiana|access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External linkss==<br />
* [http://www.cmcludhiana.in/ Official Website]<br />
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