Facts about Health Sector in Kerala

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  • First Government Hospital in Kerala is Trivandrum Civil Hospital.
  • First General Hospital in Kerala is Trivandrum General Hospital (1864).
  • First Mental Health Hospital in Kerala is Trivandrum Mental Hospital (1870).
  • Only Ayurveda Mental Health Hospital in Kerala is Kottakkal, Malappuram District.
  • First children friendly state in India is Kerala. It was declared on 2002 August 1.
  • First children friendly Panchayat is Venganoor, Trivandrum.

Medical Colleges in Kerala

  • Five Government Medical Colleges are functioning at Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Kottayam, Alappuzha and Thrissur.
  • The first Medical College in Kerala is Trivandrum (1951). It is upgraded as referral hospital in 2009. it was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru.
  • Kozhikode Medical College was started in 1957.
  • Kottayam Medical College was started in 1962.
  • Alappuzha Medical College was started in 1962.
  • Thrissur Medical College was started in 1982.
  • Kannur (Pariyaram) and Ernakulam Medical Colleges are functioning under co-operative society sector.
  • First Medical College in Co-op. Sector is Pariyaram Medical College (1996).

Other Facts

  • There are Five Ayurveda colleges in Kerala. This includes Thiruvananthapuram, Tripunithura and Kannur Government Ayurveda Colleges and Private Ayurveda Colleges at Kottakal and Ollur.
  • The Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS) has its centre at Cheruthuruthy and Poojappura in Kerala.
  • Kerala Ayurvedic Studies and Research Society is functioning at Kottakkal in Malappuram.
  • Founder of Kottakkal Arya vaidya Sala is Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier.
  • The first Heart Transplant in Kerala was done in 2003 at Ernakulam Medical Trust Hospital. The Receiver is Abraham. It was done by Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram. He became the first cardiac surgeon to conduct the first successful heart re-transplant in the country On March 6, 2014.
  • First successful liver transplant surgery in Kerala on July 20, 2013. It was at The Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) hospital, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Homoeopathy Directorate was established in Kerala in 1973.
  • The first Government Homoeo Dispensary is at Trivandrum (1959).
  • Two Homeo Medical College in Kerala is at Trivandrum and Kozhikode.
  • The Kerala State Homoeopathy Co-operative Pharmacy Ltd. was established in 1974. The Location is at Alappuzha.
  • Nature Cure Hospital is situated at Varkala. Trivandrum.
  • There are three Visha hospitals (Treatment of Snake poison) in Kerala. They are at Kadampanadu (Pathanamthitta), Vadakkanchery and Madakathara (Thrissur).
  • ESI scheme started functioning in Kerala in 1956. The separate department was formed in 1985 namely Insurance Medical Services. The Headquarters of IMS is at Thycaud, Trivandrum.
  • First Accident Insurance implemented state in India is Kerala implemented on August 14th 1989.
  • The district which has highest number of Primary Health Centre and Sub Centres is Malappuram.
  • Only state possessing Viral Institute is at keralam.
  • Only hospital in Kerala receiving NABH Accreditation (National Accreditation Board for Hospital) in government sector is Ernakulam General Hospital.
  • Kerala Government banned sale of Furadan (chemical pesticides) in 2011.
  • Mrithasanjeevani is the Deceased Donor Organ Transplantation Programme.
  • Seethalayam is the first gender based programme for women health care to empower women's mental, physical and social health. Homoeo department implemented this programme.
  • Sruthitharangam is State Cochlear Implantation project for children with Hearing Impairment. It provide free surgery to children in the age group of 0-3 years.
  • Sampoorna Nethradhana Gramam (Complete eye donating village) in Kerala is Cherukulathoor Village of Peruvayal Panchayat in Kozhikode.
  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology is the Institute of National Importance established in 1973 which was a autonomous institute under the control of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
  • Regional Institute of Ophthalmology are functioning at Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode.
  • Only one college of Pharmaceutical Science is Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) is a autonomous institution for cancer research as well as treatment. Its location is at Thiruvananthapuram. It was established in 1981.
  • Indian Institute of Diabetes was set up in 2001 at Pulayanarkotta, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • The State Institute of Sports Medicine Centre is at Kozhikode Medical College.
  • Kerala University of Health and Allied Sciences has started functioning in the premises of Government Medical College, Thrissur. The Vice-Chancellor is Dr. M. K. C. Nair. It was established in 2010.