This is a treadmill which demands our maximum effort. All the three values we have mentioned so far need to be constantly nurtured within us and amongst us. Without constant nurture, they cannot take root, develop and bear fruit in our individual and collective life. But the word nurture has many other implications as well. It is applicable to most areas of our life and work.
Education is one of our essential functions.
From the beginning Dr. Scudder saw its nurturing possibilities. And we have institutionalised this in the residential requirement for the faculty and students, and in the deliberately small numbers of our admissions. Another of our great concerns is the fostering of what we call the CMC family, in our work places and in the institution as a whole. For this too, the basic requirement is a commitment to affirming and promoting the personal growth of one another, or in brief nurturing. And in our patient care also, our ideal is not merely to provide the right diagnosis and treatment, but to be committed to their total welfare and restoration, which is a form of nurture.