Christian Medical College & Hospital Ludhiana

BCRIC was established in November 2007 as a central biomedical research facility for Christian Medical College and Hospital. The R&D Lab was completed in March 2010. The team works on biomedical research at the RNA/DNA, gene and protein levels.

The center was formed based on a vision for a Centre of Excellence where biomedical research ideas/activities and innovative approaches could be included and encouraged amongst the CMCH faculty and students. The center was started by a generous educational grant from Canadian- Vellore Ludhiana Committee (Canada) and Friends of Ludhiana (UK). The lab is 19’ 7” by 17’ 2” (336.2 square feet) in size. The center has a separate space as a conference room to conduct meetings and training sessions. The whole center is about 2,020 square feet.

Our main focus is in the field of Cancer Biology. BCRIC is a Centre of Biomedical Molecular Research with facilities for Quantitative Real-time PCR (QPCR). We have 25 years of experience with this technology on RNA and DNA-based research. We have an extensive training module to help faculty, students and those in the industry who would like to understand QPCR and all the latest developments. We are also pioneers in introducing Hyperspectral Imaging in Biomedical Applications in India. We use integrated biology via clinical bioinformatics to answer questions on upstream metabolic breakdown before the onset of cancer. All our R&D projects are translatable from bench to bedside and incorporate low-cost diagnostic approaches.

The Bilga General Hospital traces its origins back to a meeting in the village held on 28 December 1997, when Dr Jagjit Sanghera, a native of Bilga, but by now a Birmingham General Practitioner, called a meeting to discuss the possibilities of building and opening a hospital to serve the village’s needs. There was already a very poor public hospital in the village, built by the Indian Medical Service of the British Raj in the 1930s, but it had long outlived its usefulness and a modern and clean hospital was desperately needed.

The vision for BGH is to provide primary and secondary level care for Bilga and forty-four villages and small towns in the surrounding area on the north bank the River Sutlej. It started out providing a twenty-four hour accident and emergency service, a diagnostic centre, operating theatres, an eye department, maternity and childcare facilities, a mortuary service, as well as access to tertiary care in Jalandhar and Ludhiana. Over the years, the hospital has grown to provide better healthcare facilities.

The mission, from the moment of its foundation, is to establish effective primary and secondary care for the people of Bilga and its surrounding area and to develop other areas of activity which included health education, preventative medicine, based on need and not on gender, creed, race, nationality of political conviction. The hospital remains a great success and a beacon of healthcare in the area.

Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory of CMC & H, Ludhiana is a state of art laboratory, catering diagnostic & testing services to its patients. Our laboratory works 24×7 and is installed with fully automated analyzers from companies of international repute.

We provide routine tests for assessment of organ functions round the clock with TAT of 3 hrs from the time the sample is received in the lab.  We also perform specialized and disease-specific tests and techniques in-house providing results at a much shorter Turn-Around-Time.

Quality of test results is ensured by a team of well-qualified doctors and trained technicians ensuring quality systems are in place. We are also enrolled with External Quality Assurance Scheme (EQAS) to provide valuable services to our customers.

Quality, accuracy, and reliability are as always – our commitment.

The Cardiology department in CMC Ludhiana was started in the year 1984 with a four bedded ICCU. Over the last 34 years, the department has made tremendous progress and prides itself with many firsts to its credit. It was the first department in Punjab to have a Cath Lab and start invasive cardiac procedures. First cardiac catheterization, coronary angiography, coronary stenting, pacemaker implantation, ICD implantation, electrophysiological study and radiofrequency ablation procedure was performed at our cardiac catheterization lab.

The department presently performs all invasive, non-invasive and interventional procedures. The inpatient services along with invasive, interventional, pacing and electrophysiology work are taken care of sincere and efficient super specialists, technical and nursing staff. Besides patient service, we are also actively engaged in furthering medical education. Our department was the first to start the DM Cardiology training program in the state of Punjab in 2001. Till date, 14 postgraduates have finished their DM training at the department.  The department is actively involved in research with many postgraduate thesis and multinational research projects going on.

The department presently admits over 2000 patients a year, along with performing over 10000 non-invasive and over a 1000 invasive procedures in a year.

With the Almighty’s guidance and grace, we are confident of continuing our work to provide affordable and standardized care to the people of this region.

The Department of Cardio-Vascular & Thoracic Surgery are the pioneers of this highly specialized branch in Punjab and boast of a ‘state of the art’ department with a very dedicated, compassionate and skilled team of highly qualified professionals delivering international level Cardiac, Vascular including Endovascular, Thoracic & Trauma care.

The Institute has been the first to start Cardiac Surgery in Punjab. Besides being the pioneers we continuously strive to excel and offer patients a wide variety of specialized surgeries

Our mortality for isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, including that for emergency cases, has been very low and is comparable to the leading centers within the country.

We are doing a variety of paediatric cardiac surgeries with minimal mortality & are planning to offer catheter-based intervention in paediatric cases.

We offer free cardiac surgery for children of low socio-economic background based under RBSK & Have a Heart Foundation.

The department has a strong faculty presence with a net clinical, academic, postgraduate and super-specialty experience of over 30 years in all aspects of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, cardiac anesthesia and critical care.

We are the gateway to the hospital for all patients in need of urgent care.

The care during the Critical Golden Hour is crucial to improving patient outcomes. ..We accept and manage all patients presenting directly to casualty, sick patients from OPD’s needing emergency care, patients coming under various arrangements e.g. M.O.U.’s with Civil Hospitals / ESI / ECHS / Insurance etc.

It is our policy that all patients, regardless of race, age, gender, or political party affiliation, be treated with the utmost respect and care. Skilled Emergency Medical Technicians bring Basic and Advance Life Support medical care directly to the patient, be it at the patient’s home, at work, or at the site of the accident whether it is the Emergency Room or aboard one of our ambulances, each and every patient is to receive the highest quality of care and stabilization.

All life-saving equipment are available. We are one of the fastest responding services in the region.

The goal of our team is ‘’Quality, Competency and Research’’. We treat both children and adults with blood and cancer disorders.

In keeping with the tradition of excellence at the Christian medical college and hospital, Ludhiana we are the first institution in northern India to establish a dedicated unit for haematology and stem cell transplantation. Following the first successful allogeneic stem cell transplant in the state of Punjab, in a patient with Philadelphia positive ALL; the team was also the first to perform a successful matched unrelated donor transplant and also establish a stem cell transplant program in northern India for Thalassemia and Immunodeficiencies like Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome.

The department has completed more than 100 successful stem cell transplants and has an active ongoing matched unrelated donor (MUD) transplantation and haploidentical stem cell transplantation programme. It is an added seal of recognition that the institute is a member of National Marrow Donor Programme, USA (NMDP) in good standing since 2015.

The department excels and specializes in the management of patients (both children and adults)with benign haematological disorders of platelets, red and white blood cells like anaemia, ITP, Aplastic anaemia, Haemolytic anaemia, Haemophilia, thrombosis etc.and also Haemato-oncology leukemia(blood cancer), lymphoma and multiple myeloma).

We firmly believe that with the God Almighty at the helm of affairs and a spirited team, we will be able to fulfill the vision of providing excellent care for the people of India.