On October 9th, the Medical Superintendents office and the administration facilitated the inauguration of the refurbished L ward in the main block of the Vellore campus as the Unitary ward for the Department of endocrinology.

The Chief guest for the occasion was Dr MS Seshadri, the former head and pioneer for the department of Endocrinology at CMC, Vellore. The ceremony was held in the presence of Prof I Rajesh Medical superintendent and Dr Jolly Chandran, Mrs Ann Jarone and Mr. Anand Samuel who represented the directorate, Nursing superintendent and General superintendent respectively.

Speaking on the occasion, prof MS Seshadri recalled, the history of the department over the last 29 years, and indicating the presence of the ward and its intricacies down the years at CMC Vellore.

The Refurbished ward is spacious and has 23 beds including 5 semiprivate beds and is adjacent toe current Endocrinology office.