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Sruti who was treated at CMC, is now a leader and a role model for the differently abled.
| New Lease of life | Mr. Prakasam came to CMC in his early teens. In keeping with its mission of holistic care, CMC not only treated him for his leprosy– a disease which carries a lot of social stigma – but also rehabilitated him, providing him with a job and a safe place to be. Eventually, he got back into mainstream society and today, he is a happy father to three children as well as a trusted meat and egg-seller on campus. Apart from the income he makes from this job, he also has his pension from CMC where he worked from a young age till his retirement at 60.”Though I suffered a lot as a child, I am now a happy man. I owe everything to the doctors and other members of the CMC community, who have looked after me in a hundred big and small ways throughout my life, “he says with a smile brimming with confidence and contentment. |
Desing, a 50 year-old daily wage labourer, is full of gratitude. In December 2019, he vomited blood and his family rushed him to CMC. Read More
One-year old Shaheed*, from a small village in Jharkhand, had high fever for 15 days. His family noticed a swelling in front of his ears. Read More.
Selvan* is one among thousands of educated youth searching for jobs in Bengaluru. He needs to support his elderly parents and younger brother’s education. Frustrated with weeks of fruitless search, Selvan came to his hometown for a fun weekend. Read More.
Purnima’s parents were devastated to learn that their only child had severe kidney failure. Purnima was a bright college student, a topper in her class. Read More
Madhubala’s family lives in the slums of Vellore. Many years after her marriage, Madhubala was delighted to learn she was pregnant. Read More
On the 10th of December 2019, a five-month-old baby weighing only 4.3 kg underwent cochlear implant surgery(his X-ray is seen on the right)at CMC, becoming the youngest recipient of a cochlear implant in India. Read More
Mukund* was brought up by his mother, Indira*, a strong and unusual woman. Read More
One evening, Ayesha* was travelling with her family in Andhra Pradesh. Tired from a long day, the 35-year old leaned against the bus window and fell asleep. Read More
Rani,58, is a widow from Vellore. She lives with her three sons, daughters-in-law and seven grandchildren. Read More
Amrita* was getting her family ready for the day, when suddenly her face became distorted and paralysed on one side. Within minutes, her right arm and leg became limp, and she couldn’t stand. Immediately, her family rushed her to CMC Hospital. By this time, she couldn’t speak. “She is having a massive stroke,” the Emergency doctors alerted the Rapid Response Stroke Team.
Amrita had a big clot blocking blood flow to her brain. Since she arrived early, the team were hopeful of rescuing her from permanent brain damage. Within half an hour, they successfully removed the clot and saved her. The very next day, she was able to move her arm. Within two weeks, she was smiling, walking and even talking a little bit. Speech therapists and rehabilitation specialists are helping her get better. Read More
Dhanya* is a cheerful girl from the slums of Vellore. However she was born with a weak right leg. Read More
Hema* and her family live in a small tribal village in central India. Five years ago, the teenager began to have shooting pain in her legs and knees. The pain spread to her back. Read More
Rosy and Clinton are a very caring couple, who have been married for 19 years. He is a tailor. Read More
Thirty-five-year-old Raja lives in a small village in South Tamil Nadu. He has two sons and a daughter and they live together in a cramped house, without a toilet or running water. Read More
Jisha is three and a half years old, the first born of Chellappan and Ragini. Read More
Hameed and Armaan, aged five and three years,were brought to us by their poor parents, from Bengaluru in the neighbouring state of Karnataka. Read More
Bridging the gap in 1964, James, a young tribal boy from a forest village in Jharkhand, travelled to Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Read More
Jet-lagged and in shock, I waited on a bright red couch in a small room labelled ‘Counselling’ right off the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Read More
Vellore hospital in the 1930s: A patient’s view: By Mrs. G. Bevan
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