Christian Medical College - CMC - Vellore mn

This is a private, minority-run educational and research institute that includes a network of primary, secondary and tertiary care hospitals in and around Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1900 by an American missionary, CMC Vellore has brought many significant achievements to India, including starting the first Nursing School in 1946, performing the first Reconstructive Surgery for Leprosy in the world (1948), performing the first successful Open Heart surgery in India (1961), performing the first Kidney transplant in India (1971), performing first Bone Marrow transplantation (1986) in India and performing the first successful ABO incompatible kidney transplant in India (2009)