Govt. nod for ₹643.88-crore organ transplant institute in Kozhikode

The State Cabinet on Thursday accorded administrative sanction for establishing the State Institute of Organ and Tissue Transplantation in Kozhikode.

The administrative sanction was given for establishing the institute at a cost of ₹643.88 crore, as per the detailed project report submitted by the implementing agency.

The institute is envisaged as an umbrella organisation, which brings together scientists, researchers and expert clinicians and which will coordinate all activities related to organ donation and transplant in the State, including treatment and rehabilitation. The institute will come up on 20 acres at Chevayur in Kozhikode.

Steps have already been initiated for the construction of the building and for purchasing necessary equipment, a statement issued by Health Minister, Veena George said here.

The institute will manage not just organ transplants and treatment, but research, teaching, training as well as activities to promote organ donation. It has been envisaged to provide comprehensive care and management of patients, right from the treatment of end-stage organ failure to organ transplant as well as post-transplant rehabilitation.

The institute will have in four blocks of six floors each. The plan is to build a 510-bed modern hospital with 219 general beds, 42 special ward beds, 58 ICU beds, 83 high dependency unit beds, 16 operating rooms, dialysis centre and transplant research centre.

In the first phase, 330 beds and 10 operating rooms will be readied and in the second phase, the remaining 180 beds and six operating rooms will be completed. In the first phase, 14 speciality divisions will come up and seven more in the second phase.

The government also aims to develop the Institute as a major teaching centre and is aiming at launching 31 academic courses.

Once the institute is fully operational, it would have the capacity to handle transplants of various organs, including cornea, kidney, liver, intestines, pancreas, heart, lungs, bone marrow, soft tissue, hands as well as bones, the statement said.

At present, all organ transplant surgeries in the public sector are managed by the Government Medical College Hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam and Kozhikode, as well as the General Hospital at Ernakulam.

All organ donation and transplant activities in the public sector are coordinated and managed by the Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organisation.

Published - June 05, 2025 08:42 pm IST