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LOURDES
HOSPITAL
An Eminent and Compassionate
Care Provider
S
ituated in the heart of Cochin,
the commercial capital of Kerala,
is a premier multi-specialty,
tertiary care hospital, Lourdes
Hospital. Commenced in the year
1965 under the aegis of the
Archdiocese of Verapoly, Lourdes
today attends to around 500 in-patients
and 1700 out-patients, daily, and
attracts patients not only from all parts
of Kerala but from other states of India
as well as from abroad. It is also the
first mission hospital in Kerala to get
the NABH Accreditation for Quality of
Services.
Lourdes Hospital has now around 37
established specialty/super specialty
departments. These are growing
steadily, equipped with the state-of-the-
art equipments and manned by trained
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and dedicated staff, many of which
now run training program. It is also a
full-fledged teaching institution,
conducting postgraduate (DNB)
courses in 14 specialties, has a Nursing
College giving B.Sc., Post B.Sc. and
M.Sc. courses, Nursing School
(GNM), a Paramedical College
offering various courses, and is an
AHA International Training Centre as
well.
Services and Facilities
Lourdes offers a wide array of services
to its patients. This includes specialty
services, super-specialty services, and
many others.
Specialty services encompass
General Medicine, General Surgery,
Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Paediatrics, Otophinolaryncology
(ENT), Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology,
Dental Surgery, Behavioral Science,
Dermatology, Pathology,
Microbiology, Anaesthesiology,
Radiology and Imagiology, Family
Medicine, Pain and Palliative
Medicine, and Emergency Medicine.
Super specialty services include
Interventional Cardiology, Cardio
Thoracic Surgery, Neurology,
Neurosurgery, Neonatology,
Rheumatology, Pulmonology,
Oncology, Fertility Clinic, Vascular
Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Nephrology
and Toxicology, Urology and Kidney
Transplant, Arthroscopy and Joint
Replacement, Bariatric and Metabolic
Surgery, Paediatric Cardiology,
Cardiac Electrophysiology, High Risk
Obstetrics, Gastroenterology, Cardiac
Anaesthesiology, and Anaesthesiology
and Critical Care.
Lourdes provides several other services
as well, like Executive Health
Checkup, Clinical Psychology,
Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Haemo
Dialysis, International Desk,
Laboratory, Blood Bank, Emergency
Services, Clinical Nutrition and
Dietetics, Domicilliary Care Services,
Ambulance Services, School Health
Program, and Corporate Health
Program.