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Summary: "It is the rst rehabilitation centre in the country," she said.Varghese joined CMC as a medical student in 1946. Recently, three of our patients selected for an international meet," she further said.Director of CMC Dr Sunil Chandy would lay the foundation stone for construction of an additional oor on the occasion of the golden jubilee. "The lab continues to function both as clinical and research centre here," she said.Several melas have been organised as part of the rehabilitation programme. "The institute given new meaning to many, said Dr Raji Thomas, head of the institution. She went to Australia for rehabilitation and was trained to be independent using a wheelchair.On her return, she realised there were no centres for rehabilitation in India.
Vellore: On this day, 50 years ago, the Christian Medical College (CMC) Hospital had established the country's rst rehabilitation centre at Bagayam in Vellore.The centre, which is now called Mary Varghese Institute of Rehabilitation, was established by Dr Mary Varghese and inaugurated by then Union health minister Dr Sushila Nayyar on November 26, 1966.From a 16-bed institution, it has grown with a team of medical professionals to treat 800 persons every year. "The institute given new meaning to many, said Dr Raji Thomas, head of the institution. "It is the rst rehabilitation centre in the country," she said.Varghese joined CMC as a medical student in 1946. The picnic trip during the nal year intern-ship had turned her life upside down. The car, in which she was travelling with fellow interns, met with an accident. She su ered spinal cord injury leading to paraplegia, the inability to move both legs from the waist down.
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