Which is better, CMC Vellore or Apollo Hospital Chennai?

Among these CMC Vellore is better. It is a great option for pursuing an MBBS. CMC Vellore MBBS is ranked among the top 5 in the country. It has a brilliant faculty base. Most of the faculty members are friendly. You can approach even the senior-most faculty members regarding any problem. 

As a tertiary care center, CMC Vellore gets many complicated and rare cases.  So, students receive valuable clinical exposure. There are good opportunities for research as well. CMC has a number of elective and exchange programs in reputed institutes like Karolinska Institute, NUS, Uppsala, etc. CMC Vellore alumni network is widespread. Students of the institute are in various positions all across the world. 

One other thing that sets CMC Vellore apart from other medical colleges is the focus on community health and development. Right from the bigging of the courses, there are classes, projects, and frequent visits to make students aware of the problems that rural and urban India are facing. CMC Vellore has one of the best community health department in the country. 

Comparably CMC Vellore is better than Apollo Hospital Chennai. In emergency cases, both of these hospitals will treat you with the best doctors and facilities available. If we consider the finance angle then CMC is better. 

CMC has a great team of doctors and rather than individual decisions, they usually take team based patient decisions. Though for non-emergency purposes, it's difficult to get appointments at CMC. 

It is really not justified to compare CMC Vellore and Apollo Hospital Chennai together. They have their fair share of pros and cons. 

Here’s stating some facts about both of them to give you a clear idea:

• Considering any Emergency cases both hospitals treat their patients with the support of the best doctors. Apollo and CMC both are equally good in this respect.
• Considering Fees, CMS offers education at a much lower cost than Apollo Chennai.
• In case of a non-emergency, getting an appointment in CMC takes almost a week to arrange everything. Whereas appointments in Apollo are done within hours.
• The doctors of CMC are more experienced than the ones in Apollo Chennai.
• The tests at Apollo cost a bit more than CMC. But at Apollo you are given the results directly, whereas in CMC they are sent to the doctors and to acquire them you may have to pay an extra amount.

Therefore, overall both of them are equally reputed among the people, you can opt for any one as they are equally good.