Christian Medical College, Vellore
CMC hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
CMC, Vellore is a popular hospital renowned for modern and updated treatment procedures. CMC is service minded and believes in providing the best care to its patients. CMC also has a research centre which has up-to-date research facilities as well as an adjoining college where some of the best brains learn medicine.
You get the following facilities at CMC
CMC is a super-speciality centre, and also a referral hospital which has 144 specialised units/ departments. It has 2858 beds (including peripherals,) and most of the patients whom you see at CMC are referred via other doctors/ hospitals for a better care. You can receive a holistic treatment here which can heal your whole body and not just one problematic area.
CMC follows international standards. It makes sure that doctors are well qualified, as well updated, on the latest treatment approaches, facilities, and skills by sending them to national/international conferences, symposiums and specialized training overseas regularly. Thus, as a patient, you can be rest assured that you will be getting high-quality and modern treatments.
CMC has a separate department (ISSCC) for women and children as they need special care. ISSCC stands for Ida S.Scudder Centenary Center, and has 424 beds for patients. CMC has other peripheral units such as
• Ophthalmology/ eye specialty
• Rehabilitation institute/ for physical and mental recovery from any injury
• MHC/ Mental Health Centre
• Nambikkai Nilayam/ for children with intellectual disability
• CHAD/ Community Health and Development
• RUHSA/ Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs
You can book online appointments and have the facilities for VISA extension. You have the option of cashless payment via CHRIS card which is your unique patient card. It is hassle free as you need not carry lot of money throughout the hospital/ various departments. You can recharge your CHRIS card via net banking and you also have easy refund facilities for it. In case you want to pay via cash, you also have ample cash counters and facility to submit DD/ Demand Draft.
There’s a facility called ACCESS for cashless treatment of corporate clients. If you are referred by your company, go to the ACCESS counter, which is adjacent to the silver gate (603.)
Alpha clinics
In case you want to have an immediate consultation, CMC hospital vellore has facilities such as Alpha clinics wherein you can meet the doctor soon, though you are a new patient. You can even request to meet the doctor of your choice on non-out patient days, by paying extra charges. If the doctor of your choice is busy with a surgery or any other service, you can request for the other doctor. You can also opt for a master health check-up/ whole body check-up, via Alpha clinics.
CMC hospital vellore also has
• Day care facilities for patients
• Laundry
• Barbers
• Support services for inpatients diet
• Library
• Transport and ambulance facilities
• Public utility services for patients such as postal services, telephones, banking services, and ticket bookings
• Donation facilities and blood donation
• After life services (burial and cremation) and facility to take the body by plane/ train/ road
