This past spring, the Foundation initiated a matching gift campaign, thanks to the generosity of Dr. Jitendra Sisodia (Batch of 1951). Dr. Sisodia, Director of Emergency Services & Trauma at Kingston Hospital in New York for the past twenty years, pledged $40,000 towards a matching gift campaign designated for the Trauma Center being constructed at CMC’s new Kanningapuram Campus.

Dr. Sisodia, inspired throughout his life by CMC’s founder Dr. Ida S. Scudder, dedicated this donation to the memory of his late children, Sanjeev and Aroti Sisodia, in order to leave a lasting dedication to all first responders. Dr. Sisodia’s wish is to designate his donation for trauma and EMS training, as well as equipment, to further support trauma care in the
region.

The campaign raised a further $38,000 for the trauma center, exceeding the expectations for this initiative. With this money, CMC is building a stateof-the-art Level 1 trauma center and 1500 bed hospital on its 88 acre campus in Kannigapuram. Currently, there are only two Level 1 trauma centers in India, both are located in the north. The state of Tamil Nadu, where CMC is located, has the highest rate of road traffic accidents, traumatic injuries, and other related deaths in the entire country.

We thank Dr. Sisodia for his generous donation to the trauma center. After meeting Dr. Ida Scudder, Dr. Sisodia noted that “the inspiration and motivation she ignited in me have been constant companions throughout my professional career.” His donation has inspired many of our donors to follow his lead and give generously to this project.