One of my friends studied at CMC Vellore, according to him it is one of the most prestigious medical colleges of India.

Medical Aspirants willing to get admission in CMC Vellore for pursuing MBBS have to work really hard as the competition is very high. Also most of the seats are reserved for Christian students.

Here are some facts about CMC Vellore:

• The total number of beds here are 2,858.
• There are 2.5 million outpatients and nearly 140,000 inpatients.
• Total births included 19,668.
• The daily statistics on average is 8,313 outpatients, 2,071 inpatients, 175 operations, and 54 births. 
• 2,202 imaging studies and over 40,000 laboratory tests were recorded.
• Over 9,066 staff are there which includes 1,656 doctors, 1,969 teaching and technical staff, 2,646 nurses and 874 administrative staff.
• More than 175 courses including MBBS, Nursing, Allied Health Sciences, many postgraduate medical specialties, distance learning courses and PhD programs are offered.
• 430 publications in indexed peer reviewed journals. It has the second largest number of medical research papers of any medical college in India.
• There are a total of 95 wards including 15 ICUs. 39 major operation theaters and 18 minor ones are also present.

CMCs outreach and commitment to the poor is complemented by its record of clinical excellence. It is consistently ranked the 1st hospital in India by the people.