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Congratulations to Dr. Dhruv Ghosh who has secured a prestigious award for CMC Ludhiana. The NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery was established in July 2017 following substantial investment (£7M) from the National Institute of Health Research Overseas Development Aid funds.  The Unit is led by the University of Birmingham in partnership with the Universities…

The Brown Heritage Centre inaugurated on March 1st 2019 is a museum celebrating the community at CMC. The Evangelical Literature Service (ELS) store has been refurbished to become the Doctor Brown Heritage Centre. Dr. Naveen Kakkar and his team collected items from various departments and bought them together, including many photographs and documents. The grand…

“As the CMC diaspora celebrate the legacy of 125 years, we salute the pioneers who fought against the prejudices and social injustice to establish this thriving macrocosm called CMC” – Read more on the newsletter. Download the Alumni Xpress newsletter March 2019 (PDF – 14.4 MB) Visit the Alumni page

This year, our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Monday 13 May at 15:00 in London, UK. All are welcome to meet the Council. For more information, download the Friends of Ludhiana AGM 2019 flyer (PDF)

As you read the first newsletter for 2019, we look back with pleasure to the batch of 2013 who take their first steps in the outside world. We wish them well and are sure they would uphold the 125 year legacy of founders and pioneers. Newsonline: The happenings on campus, Christmas celebrations, Fetal Medicines meeting,…

Dear Friends and supporters, Once again, at this time of year, may I wish all our supporters a very happy Christmas and a blessed New Year. The past year has again been difficult for CMC. In March, Dr Abraham Thomas stepped down from the Directorship of the institution and Dr William Bhatti [Paediatric Surgeon] took…

We were delighted to welcome Dr. Dhruv Ghosh, Paediatric Surgeon and Associate Director CMC Ludhiana to our AGM. He was in the UK attending two professional meetings in Birmingham and Liverpool. It was good to hear money from our Good Samaritan fund is very much appreciated by the recipients. Grants from this fund are usually…

Our Chairman [Dr Keith Hine] and his wife were visiting CMC in March 2018 and attended a dedication service for a new ventilator to be used on the Paediatric Surgery ward.  The previous machine was quite old and had failed.  The cost of the equipment was approximately £18,000 and the majority of the money had…