Friends of Ludhiana UK
The Good Samaritan Fund [GSF] continues to operate very successfully. The fund has been boosted by a donation from the Canadian Friends of Ludhiana and Vellore. The lead administrator of the fund in Ludhiana is Dr. Clarence Samuel, and he and his team make awards of up to 10,000 rupees [£100] to patients who […]
Please read and enjoy our Christmas Letter written by our Chairman Dr Keith R Hine with the latest news from Friends of Ludhiana UK and CMC. If you are able to print a copy please display it in your church or pass it on to someone who does not have access to the internet. Summary of the […]
In April 2015, following the disastrous earthquake in Nepal, Dr. Abraham Thomas, Director of the Ludhiana Christian Medical College, organized a medical disaster response team for emergency medical relief in Nepal. The team included Dr. Samuel, an orthopaedic surgeon who served as the team leader. Rounding out the team was Dr. Abhishek Sebastian, anaesthetist , […]
We are often asked to explain how Dr. Brown’s Hospital continues its mission to reach out to the desperately poor in India, so you can read Dr. Philip Alexander’s report of a medical camp in the Pangi Valley. The hospital at Manali has a long association with CMC: Junior doctors spend time there to gain experience […]
Congratulations to Ursula Hyde who raised over £600 at a coffee morning for CMCs earthquake relief work in Nepal. Also a big thank you to all of you who donated to the fund. The team from CMC comprising of trauma surgeons, Orthopaedic and facio-maxillary surgeons and anaesthesiologist went to help at the EHA Hospital at […]
”We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere”-Tim McGraw The latest Alumni Xpress March 2015 is available on our Alumni page.
Letter from our Chairman Keith R Hine “May I take this opportunity to thank you sincerely for your continued support for CMC Ludhiana through Friends of Ludhiana – it is very much appreciated. And may I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year as we celebrate the birth of the One whom we […]
I saw some years ago at first hand the Concessionary arrangements for poor patients at the Christian Medical College. On a ward round with Dr.Anna Mani (Senior Physician) during one of my spells as a Volunteer Haematologist we were discussing a case of Acute Dengue Fever (seriously ill) and in urgent need of expensive Blood […]