A team of cardiologists of the Christian Medical College (CMC) Hospital, Vellore, has used a novel percutaneous route to implant a pulmonary valve in a 54-year-old woman from Puducherry. The doctors implanted the new heart valve through the jugular vein, a blood vessel in the neck. Read the full article in The Hindu
CMC Vellore Gets Simulation Lab to Train Doctors, Nurses in Maternal and Neonatal Care
The lab has been set up by the U.S. Agency for International Development, supported by a USD 1 million grant; it aims at reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality and