CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE

1 First 52nd Edition - Sept. 2017_____All rights reserved. No part of this publication may bereproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in anyform or by any means, electronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior writtenpermission from the The information contained in this booklet is valid as onthe date of printing. However it is subject to change fromtime to To obtain a copy by post, please write to the PublicRelations Officer, , Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu.

2 Sending Money Order for We wish to thank all departments and all volunteers whohave contributed their valuable suggestions and time ingetting this booklet We welcome your suggestions for improving this contact the Public Relations Office near the MainReception GUIDETOCHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGEVELLOREINDIAT elephone: 0416 - 2281000 DID - 228 + Extension Number 307 + Extension NumberWEBSITE: Short History of of Administrative Officers.

3 5 THE PRESENT FACILITIESThe Main for Women & FACILITIESO phthalmology Health Centre ( )..7 Nambikkai Health andDevelopment (CHAD)..9 Rural Unit for Health andSocial Affairs (RUHSA).. 10 How to reach Vellore and CMC, Main Campus ..11 OUTPATIENTS SERVICESR egistration 14 Private Patient Facility Centre (PPFC).. 14 Against Cancellation of 16 Advance 16 Repeat Registration for the Indian 17 Cashless 18 Refunds for 18 International 19 CHRIS 20 Cash Counters for appointmentsand 23OP 24 Cash Counters location andworking 24 Procedure for payment of 25 General / Private 26 ACCESS.

4 27 ALPHA 29 Paediatric 29 Estimation of 31 Safety of your Registration 32 Payment for tests & 33 Blood / Urine / Stool / 33 Pulmonary 35 Medicines & 36 Immunization for 36 Minor Surgery / 36 Day Care 37 Birth 37 MEDICAL 38 INPATIENT 38 General Ward Admissions .. 38 Private ward admissions .. 39 Maternity patient 39vviSUPPORT SERVICES FOR 41 Procuring medicine for 42 Visiting 43 Daily 44 Charges & Settlement of 45 Credit Billing & 46 Reimbursement 48 Health 50 Discharge 53 Other 53 GENERAL INFORMATIONWhat to 53 Transport & Ambulance 54 Wheel Chairs & 55 Working 55A word of 56 Assistance provided by the PublicRelations 57 Main 57 Friends Of Vellore & 58 Lost

5 & Found 58 Patient's Rights & 59 Public Utility Services for Patients/AttendantsPostal 63 Banking 64 Ticket 67 After Life 69 Burial and 69 Procedure for transportation of body:By road, train, 70 Location and working hoursPharmacy 72 Spot the the Friends of 77 Outpatient Service 78 Department email 123 WELCOMEDear Patient/Visitor,Welcome to the CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE (CMC), aregistered voluntary, non-profit making organization.

6 We hope yourstay here will be pleasant and your recovery as speedy 1900 when the founder, Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder startedCMC with a single bed in her father s home, to the present day,CMC has been growing both in numbers and services rendered tothe people. Today, CMC serves over 2000 inpatients and 7000outpatients daily, with 67 wards, 92 clinics each day and144 departments / a teaching institution CMC trains doctors, nurses andallied health workers with a high degree of technical competence toserve with love and compassion in the spirit of Christ.

7 CMC is uniquein being not only one of the pioneering institutions in the country inthe area of MEDICAL research and high-tech health care, but also asan institution which reaches out to the practical needs of the poorthrough low cost inpatient wards and outpatient clinics in the slumareas of Vellore town with concessional or free care for the mostneedy. In addition, through large rural health and developmentprojects in the Kuppam, Kaniyambadi and Anaicut blocks, thewholistic concept of healing is advocated wherein rural folk are giventraining in various vocational fields, by which they can augment theirearning power, thus enhancing their standard of living and thegeneral physical and economic well this constant growth and expansion.

8 Patients/visitorscoming for the first time to CMC may have difficulty getting aroundthe campus and may fail, through ignorance, to take full advantageof the available facilities. Therefore, this booklet was developed toprovide basic information necessary to make use of our facilitiesspeedily, to the fullest extent and with the least inconvenience andloss of Ida Scudder gave the institution the Biblical motto "Notto be ministered unto but to minister" challenging CMC s studentsand staff to heal and serve the needs of the whole person whichtoday remains the most important objective of PROBLEMS ?

9 Can't find your way around ?Suggestions ?Want to know more about CMC?CONTACT : P. R. are located just inside the main entrance. Our friendlystaff will do their best to help have a few publications about CMC. You can evenhear our founder, Scudder, speak !If we can t help you directly, then we may know of someoneelse who and low-weight babies need immediate MEDICAL careAlcoholism kills you and your family34 Leprosy is curableDr. Ida Sophia Scudder1870 -1960A SHORT HISTORY OF CMCC hristian MEDICAL COLLEGE , Vellore, is the outcomeof a single woman s obedience to God's call.

10 In 1890, IdaSophia Scudder, founder of this institution, then a school-girl, was visiting her missionary parents in South India. Oneeventful night she was asked to help three young womenfrom different families struggling in difficult childbirth. Beingwithout training at that time, Ida herself could do offered the help of her missionary father, who wasalso a MEDICAL doctor. However, to her amazement, themen responded saying, What! Take a man into my houseto care for my wife?