INTRODUCTION

According to the Constitution of the Christian Medical College Ludhiana Society (Regd), it is an educational and research institution of all through education in this institution the Christian Church seeks to make a significant contribution to the health standards of all communities of our nation with special emphasis on health care in the rural underserved and un-reached area/communities in India .

The Medical Missionary work was started in Ludhiana in the year 1881 by the Greenfield sisters, Miss Martha Rose and Miss Kay Greenfield. They were Evangelists and Educationalists from Scotland . This pioneering medical work of the Greenfield sisters was the precursor of the Medical Training and Health Care Service Programme of the present Christian Medical College , Ludhiana .

The Greenfield sisters and their associates organized the Health Care Educational Services in which endeavor Dr. Edith Mary Brown joined them in 1893. In 1894 the North Indian School of Medicine for Christian Women was started by Dr. Edith Mary Brown and her colleagues with the object of training Indian nationals, particularly the women, to serve in the field of Medical Education and Health Care Services, emphasizing integration of training and health care services.

The period from 1894 to 1952 has been an epoch making area which saw the landmark of development from its beginning as a School of Medicine for Christian Women to Women’s Christian Medical College until 1952. The Medical School granted LSMF diploma till 1952. In 1953 the name was changed to Christian Medical College to enable it to admit both men and women students for the upgraded MBBS course. The postgraduate programme started in the sixties. The Christian Medical College offers Degree, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Degrees, Super-speciality Degrees and Doctoral courses. The Christian Medical College , Ludhiana is a recognized institution by Medical Council of India and is affiliated with Baba Farid University of Health Seciences, Faridkot, Punjab . Each year 50 students, men and women, are admitted to the MBBS course.

Nursing training was started in 1889 by the Greenfield Sisters. The Nursing School became well – known for the nursing care it provided and for its services to needy patients.

The General Nursing Programme began in 1936. The School of Nursing was upgraded to College of Nursing in 1973 with 18 students admitted to the B.Sc.Nursing course. The MSc. Nursing programme started in 1987 with two specialities (Psychiatric nursing & Maternal and Child Health Nursing). At present four more MSc. Nursing course specialities are added (Community Health Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Obstetric Nursing and Medical & surgical Nursing). The College of Nursing degree programme is affiliated with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Kotkapura Road , Faridkot-151 203 (Pb), and registration is done by Panjab Nurses Registration Council. This programme is recognized by Indian Nursing Council. Each year 60 students are admitted to the BSc. Nursing course.

Since the Nursing standard is maintained at a high level, the results of examinations have always been excellent. In response to changing society the nursing practice has changed from mere apprenticeship to a professional education and to foster nursing as a professional career, attractive and desirable to young people on an equal basis with any other career.

The Dental Department has been providing dental health care services in the hospital and the community at large since 1968. Besides providing high quality tertiary care in the hospital, the dental department launched its unique community dental health services in 1984 to rural areas reaching out primarily to the vulnerable population of the children which is one of few innovative community dental health services in India

The Christian Dental College came up in 1992 as the most prestigious off shoot of Christian Medical College Ludhiana.

The Christian Dental College , Ludhiana , admitted the pioneer batch of 20 students to the BDS Course in August 1992, who completed their BDS Course in 1996. The number of admissions to B.D.S. Course has been raised to 40, with effect from 1998. The M.D.S. Course has started in the year 2002. The Christian Dental College , Ludhiana is a recognized Institution by Dental Council of India and is affiliated with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot (Punjab).

The institution is situated in a large campus 2.00 Km from Ludhiana Railway Station, on both sides of the Brown Road . The Campus has residential quarters for the staff, hostels for medical, dental, nursing and paramedical students, both men and women.
The college maintains 740 hospital beds.

Our Faculty, Medical and Para-medical teaching staff and other staff come from nearly every state in India . The Government of India and Punjab have continued their interest and support in the work and the development of the college and its hospital.

Ludhiana , one of the oldest-established cities of Punjab with a population that has increased during recent years to around 25,00,000 lies 300 km Northwest of Delhi and less then 150 km from the border with Pakistan . It is situated on the Grand Trunk Road running from the border through to Delhi , and is an important railway junction. Today it is one of the fastest-growing small and medium industrial centers in India .