Be a Voice for Mental Health
World Schizophrenia Awareness Day (24 May) highlights the importance of mental health care. Last year, CMC’s Department of Psychiatry cared for over one lakh patients through our mental health team of Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatric Social Workers, Psychiatric Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, and Special Educators. Priya (name changed), a professor, has been living with Schizophrenia for […]
Serving meals that heal
Kanan and Dhruv (names changed) are from remote hamlets in the Jawadhi Hills. Accessing healthcare means walking long distances to the main road, scarce public transport, and lost daily wages for their families. Both children live with thalassemia (a blood disorder). Every month, their families travel to CMC’s CHAD Hospital for life-saving blood transfusions. They are seeking not […]
Easter Hope
Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5 Date: 4.4.2026 3-year-old Darshni came to CMC Vellore in critical condition with heart failure. With high-tech Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support and round-the-clock care in our Paediatric ICU, the litte girl began to show signs of recovery. When she returned for a […]
Rehab Mela: 32 years of building hope
As a teenager, Surya (name changed) dreamed of serving the nation as a soldier. He trained relentlessly, rising before dawn, and cleared the physical tests. A clerical error in his documents abruptly ended his dream. Tragedy struck again when the 19-year-old met with an accident, resulting in spinal cord injury that confined him to a wheelchair. Surya withdrew […]
Emergency Fund: Care for Children in Need
Naveen (name changed) is a landless agricultural labourer from a village in the Jawadhi Hills. Having dropped out of school at a young age, he now works as a migrant labourer, determined to give his children the education he never had. His eldest son attends a government school. Tragically, the nine-year-old came into contact with […]
Manna Meals: A daily serving of Compassion
Meet Gopal (name changed), a 45-year-old patient from West Bengal who is undergoing cancer treatment at CMC Vellore: “I am fighting a long battle with illness. My family lives modestly—my father was a milkman and my mother a homemaker. As the eldest of six children, I studied only up to 4th standard and began work in a […]
Joy of Giving Week!
CMC’s Emergency Fund is powered entirely by the generosity of friends like you. Each year, nearly 600 donors help 200 deserving patients admitted in CMC’s General Wards. These patients come to Vellore from across India, contributing whatever they can toward their care. The Emergency Fund bridges the gap, allowing doctors to begin treatment immediately—without delay […]
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
On October 11, 2025, marking 20 years of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, we share a story of compassion and dignity. Life is a roller-coaster ride for Mrs. Thilaka (name changed). She lost her husband and one son to alcoholism, and her only surviving son was on the same path. Without employment and support, […]
The Gift of Healing and Hope
Harita (name changed) is a 12-year-old girl from Jharkhand. Worried about an abnormal swelling their daughter’s abdomen, her parents took her to a local hospital. Investigations revealed that both Harita’s kidneys were blocked, causing kidney failure, with steadily increasing creatinine levels. Untreated, she would soon need a renal transplant – costing far more than her […]
Emergency Fund Annual Report 2024-2025
The Emergency Fund for poor patients is a charitable scheme in CMC Vellore which is supported SOLELY by generous donors and well-wishers around the world. This fund helps subsidise operations and procedures for economically disadvantaged patients who travel to Vellore from all over India. In the last year, your gifts helped 195 patients who needed […]