Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology

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Name :

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology

Address  :

Thirunvananthapuram

Town  :

Thiruvananthapuram

State  :

Kerala

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

695 011

Phone  :

91 471 2524400

Fax  :

91 471 2446433

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

director@sctimst.ac.in
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Blood Bank
  • Cardiology
  • Colour Doppler
  • General Surgeon
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Paediatrics
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 246

Description
The hospital has 246 beds and serves as tertiary referral center for cardiovascular thoracic and neurologic diseases With a number of highly qualified personnel including doctors nurses and other paramedical staff various departments of the hospital have updated stateoftheart facilities for diagnosis and treatment with highly advanced and sophisticated equipments

Our Mission
Promote research and development in biomedical engineering and technology

Deliver high quality patient care in selected specialties and subspecialties

Develop innovative postgraduate training programs in advanced medical specialties and biomedical engineering and technology

Participate in public health reforms through research training and interventions

Our Vision
Become a Global Leader in Medical Devices Development High Quality Patient Care and Health Sciences Studies by 2020

History
The origin of the Institute dates back to 1973 when the Royal Family of Travancore gifted a multistoried building for the people and Government of Kerala Sri P N Haskar the then Deputy Chairman Planning Commission inaugurated the Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Center in 1976 when patient services including inpatient treatment got underway At the Satelmond Palace Poojapura nearly 11 km away from this Hospital Wing the Biomedical Technology Wing followed soon again a gift by the Royal Family

The concept of amalgamating medical sciences and technology within a single institutional framework was regarded as sufficiently important by the Government of India to declare the center as an Institute of National Importance under the Department of Science and Technology by an Act of Parliament in 1980 and named it as Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Trivandrum

Dr Manmohan Singh the then Honorable Finance Minister of Government of India laid the foundation stone of the third dimension of the Institute Achutha Menon Center for Health Science StudiesAMCHSS on June 15 1992 Dr Murali Manohar Joshi the then Honorable Minister of Science and Technology and Human Resource Development Government of India dedicated the AMCHSS to the nation on January 30 2000
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