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 […]

After 10 years in post, Dr Abraham Thomas has retired from the post of Director of CMC.  In his final report to the Governing Body in March 2018 he outlined what had been achieved in those 10 years. He mentioned the developments in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Haematology, Gynaecology, ICU, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Staff and Student accommodation, […]

An exhibition about our founder Dr. Dame Edith Brown is currently held at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven in the United-Kingdom. In this exhibition, you can see medical implements and medicines from Dame Edith’s era, as well as pictures and artefacts directly connected to her life’s work. Some of our donors and supporters have already […]

Dear Friends of Ludhiana, Christmas greetings to you all! The year at CMC started with some difficulty.  As many readers will have heard, in November 2016 the Indian Government suddenly decided to withdraw all 1,000 and 500 Rupee notes. For a few weeks people were able to exchange their old notes at banks and this […]