The story of how Ida Sophia Scudder became a doctor is as poignant as it is disquieting. Sometime in 1890, a late-night knock on her door in Tindivanam in present-day Tamil Nadu woke her up.

Dr. Scudder’s hospital has 550 beds and 60 baby cots. Last year it treated 10,680 inpatients and 45,616 outpatients. In addition, its four roadside bus clinics took care of 33,817 villagers.

VELLORE: Floral tributes were paid to Dr Ida Scudder, the founder of the Christian Medical College (CMC), on her 53rd death anniversary here on Thursday. Denizens of Vellore, led by Mayo.

The 53rd death anniversary of Dr Ida Scudder, founder of the Christian Medical College (CMC), was commemorated on Saturday with a special prayer and a tribute a ...

John Scudder, her grandfather, went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1819, and later to India, as a missionary doctor. Ida was born in 1870 and, after finishing school in the United States, returned ...