CoVid-19 related Archives

CMC New COVID ICU

new ICU beds at Kannigapuram May 2021 2bd wave surge CMC Vellore views from window

Photos of the new COVID ICU beds at Kannigapuram. The beds are some of the equipment are in place. Plus views of the surrounding area

CMC COVID Summary May 21st

Kannigapuram ICU with patients at staff, and full

A summary of CMC Vellore’s work fighting COVID. Plus photos of the Kannigapuram ICU opened last week.

CMC is making full use of the outside areas around the hospital. The outside areas reduce the spread of COVID. Also, the kiosk to take a COVID swab from asymptomatic patients is in the Alpha Clinic area, outside by the cafe. Spare a thought for the staff doing these swabs. Staff wear full PPE to […]

Moving to Kannigapuram ICU

Photos of when patients were transferred by the CMC ICU teams to the new ICU beds in the Kannigapuram hospital.

Kannigapuram ICU Photos

ventilators with monitors unboxed at the new COVID ICU in Kannigapuram and is being unboxed

Kannigapuram ICU was dedicated on Thursday May 13th 2021 with patients admitted soon after that. Here are some photos showing its evolution before the dedicatoin! A big thank you to all the donors who helped us to buy this equipment and to the suppliers getting it to us during lockdown. The ICU is now open. […]

New ICU inaugurated at Kannigapuram Campus

staff at the inauguration by one of the new beds

13 May 2021 Director Dr. J.V. Peter opened a new 12-bed ICU facility at CMC’s Kannigapuram Campus on 13th May 2021. With all the ICU beds on the Vellore Town Campus full, there was a pressing need for additional critical care beds to save the lives of people with severe Covid-19. Staff got the ICU […]

More COVID Needs

an ambulace draws up outside CMC emergency entrance with a COVID patient and staff wait to receive him

CMC urgently needs your help to buy more equipment to look after patients with COVID. We also need donations to subsidise the costs for our poorer patients.

Thank you

Thank you We want to thank all our friends for your overwhelming response in helping us to fight the COVID-19 Pandemic during the first wave in 2020! so Thank you for your help in the first surge With your generous contributions, we were able to prepare and respond to the COVID Pandemic. You can read […]

Messengers of Peace

COVID ppe worn by obstetric and gynaecology theatre staff during the first surge

CMC: Committed to serving “a unique insight into the commitmentand breadth of the CMC family” With the pandemic sweeping the world for the second, and in some places 3rd time, CMC Vellore remains committed to serving and caring for our patients. We continue to adapt our services to look after our patients and provide quality […]

Walking the Extra Mile

“We treat our patients with love and help allay their fears. We are privileged to waltk the extra mil with them during these difficult CoVid times” Says Dr Mohan who works in the SARI ward