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Amrita
Institute
of
Medical
Sciences
(Amrita
Hospital),
based
in
Kochi,
Kerala,
is
recognised
as
one
of
the
premier
hospitals
in
South
Asia.
Our
commitment
to
affordable
quality
care
has
attracted
a
dedicated
team
of
highly
qualified
medical
professionals
and
other
healthcare
professionals
from
across
the
world
to
provide
the
highest
standards
of
medical
treatment.
Founded
in
1998
by
Mata
Amritanandamayi
Devi
(known
worldwide
as
AMMA),
Amrita
Hospital
offers
a
full
range
of
primary
and
specialty
care
medical
services,
with
cross-specialty
consultation.
AMMA’s
vision
of
providing
advanced
medical
care
to
the
poor
and
disadvantaged
was
the
inspiration
for
Amrita
Hospital,
which
today
is
a
1100-bed
(490
units)
tertiary
referral
and
teaching
hospital,
serving
more
than
10
lakh
outpatients
and
more
than
70,000
inpatients
annually.
The
massive
healthcare
infrastructure
with
over
3.33
million
sq.ft.
of
built-up
area,
spread
over
125
acres
of
land,
supports
a
daily
patient
volume
of
approximately
3500
outpatients
with
95
percent
inpatient
occupancy.
There
are
12
superspeciality
departments,
45
other
departments,
4500
support
staff
and
670
faculty
members.
The
hospital’s
extensive
infrastructure
offers
facilities
comprising
28
modern
operating
theatres,
275
equipped
intensive-care
beds,
a
fully
computerized
and
networked
Hospital
Information
System
(HIS),
a
fully
digital
radiology
department,
17
NABL
accredited
clinical
laboratories
and
24/7
telemedicine
service.
In
2015,
South
Asia's
first
ever
Bilateral
Hand
Transplant
Surgery
was
done
at
Amrita
Hospital.
The
same
year,
Amrita
Hospital
won
the
British
Medical
Journal
Award
for
the
Best
Surgical
Team
in
South
Asia.
The
Amrita
team
won
the
award
for
its
two
successful
double
hand
transplants,
the
first
and
the
second
bilateral
hand
transplants
in
this
region.
Previously,
the
hospital
had
won
the
National
Healthcare
Excellence
Award
for
Best
Hospital
(CSR
Category)
in
India
by
FICCI
in
2013
and
British
Medical
Journal
(BMJ)
-
India
Healthcare
Award
for
the
Paediatric
Heart
Program
in
2014.
In
2016,
Amrita
Hospital
won
the
coveted
British
Medical
Journal
Award
for
Infectious
Disease
Initiative
of
the
Year
and
FICCI
Healthcare
Excellence
Awards
for
Patient
Safety
and
Innovation
in
Medical
Technology.
Amrita
features
one
of
the
most
advanced
hospital
computer
networks
in
India.
The
network
supports
more
than
2800
computers
and
has
computerised
nearly
every
aspect
of
patient
care
including
all
patient
information,
lab
testing
and
radiological
imaging.