Caritas Hospital

The Caritas Hospital is an Indian hospital in Thellakom (near Adichira) under the Ettumanoor municipality in Kottayam district, Kerala, India. The hospital is run by the Syro-Malabar Knanaya Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam and is registered as a charitable organisation. Caritas Hospital has grown from a 50-bedded hospital to 635-beds over the years.

Caritas Hospital
Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam
Geography
LocationThellakom, Kottayam district, Kerala, India
Coordinates9.645405°N 76.549203°E / 9.645405; 76.549203
Organisation
TypeTeaching
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds635
SpecialityAll major medical and surgical specialities
History
Opened1962
Links
Websitehttp://www.caritashospital.org/
ListsHospitals in India
Other linksHospitals in Kerala

History

Caritas Hospital foundation stone laid by Cardinal Tiserang in the presence of Mar Thomas Tharayil on 27 November 1953. The site of the hospital, about six acres in area, was donated by Joseph Vallapally's widow and children. In 1962 Mar Thomas Tharayil, Bishop of Kottayam, in collaboration with a few German people started the venture of health care naming it ‘CARITAS’. The word itself adheres to the recommendations of the 1946 Bhore committee report "to ensure medical care for every individual including those who cannot pay for it’’. of the system, deficiency of proper planning, lack of true commitment and above all, widespread corruption, have led to the deplorable situation whereby ‘CARITAS HOSPITAL’ has to play a vital role in alleviating pain of the sick and the suffering, especially to those who cannot afford adequate treatment. Spread over 25 acres, 4 kilometers from Government Medical College and seven kilometers from Kottayam.

Caritas Hospital Aerial View

With he support of the Bishop of Kottayam, the hospital has grown to a world-class manifold academic and community based hospital that is from a 50-bedded hospital to a 635-bed hospital. It now cares more than 3 lakhs outpatients and almost 50,000 inpatients each year. The hospital has 33 clinics in the Outpatient department and 25 wards in the Inpatient department. In addition there is a full-fledged Emergency and Trauma care unit also.

Departments

The hospital runs a full range of medical and acute surgical services. Anaesthesiology, Biochemistry, Blood bank, Cardiology, Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dermatology, Dietetics, ENT, Gastroenterology, General Medicine, General Surgery, Microbiology, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology & Fertility, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgery, Pathology, Pediatric, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitative & Sports Medicine, Plastic and Micro Vascular Surgery, Psychiatry & Psychology, Radio diagnosis, Urology, Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, & Pediatric Surgery. It also has an ayurvedic treatment division.

Caritas Cancer Institute

The Caritas Cancer Institute is a comprehensive tertiary cancer Institute with Medical oncology, Surgical oncology and Radiation Oncology departments as well as a Pain and Palliative Care division. It was inaugurated on 24 February 2003. Current HOD is Dr.Jose Tom, who was the Principal of multiple medical colleges under kerala DME;he is a Radiation oncologist The center is equipped with 2 linear accelerators for radiation teletherapy via [[Radiation therapy|IMRT].The department is providing Brachytherapy facility also.Other Radiation oncologists at CCI are Dr.Johny Joseph (previously Associate professor at MCH),Dr Judith Aaron and Dr Jenny Joseph. World-famous Senior medical Oncologist.

Dr. Mary Kalapurakal is the head of the Pain & Palliative Department in Caritas. She is the founder and first president of the Palliative Associates Kottayam District. Dr. Manu John, one of the few Palliative Oncologists in India, also works there as a full-time Consultant.

Medical Oncology department started by famous medical oncologist Dr V P Gangadharan currently has Dr Boben Thomas(From KIMS pinnacle) and Dr Unni.S.Pillai(JIPMER, Pondicherry) as consultants. The department is providing chemotherapy services for solid tumours and haematological malignancies. The department also conducts bone marrow transplant services

Surgical oncology department has two decades of experience in advanced oncological surgeries. The Oncosurgery department is the best surgical oncology department in Kerala. The regular surgeries are breast cancer surgeries and head and neck cancer surgeries. They do have a separate division for GI oncology surgeries. Another area of expertise is in Gyneac oncology surgeries. Keyhole cancer surgeries are done regularly by the surgical oncologists of the department. Oncology surgeries for cancer of lung and esophagus are done with a good outcome. Hepato biliary oncological surgeries, like whipple resection survival rates are equivalent to international standards.

Dr.Jojo v Joseph one of the senior most and well known surgical oncologist in south India started the department of Surgical Oncology and continues to head the department for the last two decades. Dr. Sajith P Sasi from Tata Memorial is the second consultant.

The Caritas Cancer Institute aims to give holistic support to the patients so they may live and die with dignity.

Caritas Heart Institute

Caritas Heart Institute was inaugurated and blessed on 24 September 2011. It has South India's First Hybrid CathLab, Two state of the art Operation Theaters, 24 bedded Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, 14 bedded post operative ICU, Hi-end Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory & Well equipped 24 hours mobile emergencyThe cardiology department at this hospital has completed 25 years of service to the community. The department has earned a great reputation for rendering excellent service in the past with one of the third in Indian subcontinent. Interventional Cardiologists, American trained Cardiac Surgeon and a Cardiac Anesthesiologist with vast experienced have been posted . Facilities for Angioplasty, Bypass surgery, Valve repair, Balloon dilatation of the valves, Valve replacement surgery, Pacemaker Implantation etc. are available in the new complex. In addition to this there is a Research cell in the cardiology department which participates in multiple multi centre international research studies.

Medical education

The hospital runs the following institutions:

  • Caritas College of Pharmacy - conducts the D.Pharm course with an intake of 60 students per year.
  • Caritas College of Nursing - offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and has an intake of 50 students per year.
  • Caritas Allied Health Science - offers various paramedical courses for students with different qualification levels.

References
  • "The Archeparchy of Kottayam". Kottayamad.
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