Healthcare
With a large number of advanced tertiary/quaternary care facilities, Kochi has one of the best healthcare facilities in India. It is the prime destination for people seeking advanced healthcare facilities from across Kerala. In recent times, it has attracted a large number of patients from all over India, Middle East, African nations as well as from Europe and United States looking for relatively inexpensive advanced medical care. Kochi is also one of the only four Indian cities that have carried out successful heart transplantation. Sunrise Hospital, Specialists Hospital, Medical Trust Hospital, PVS Memorial Hospital, Lakeshore Hospital, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Lisie Hospital are some of the advanced tertiary/quaternary healthcare facilities in Kochi. There are a large number of tertiary/quaternary medicare institutions that are newly coming up in Kochi including Aster Medicity, Rajagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Medical Trust Institute of Medical Sciences. Other reputed institutions in the city include Ernakulam Medical Centre, KIMS Hospital, Little Flower Institute, Ankamaly, Renai Medicity, Lourde's Hospital, Sree Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, M.O.S.C. Medical College, Kolenchery, Kochi Medical College, and Saraf Hospital. Some of the reputed infertility related treatment centres in India – like Vijaya Hospital, Bourn Hall Clinic and CIMAR – are located in Kochi. General Hospital, Ernakulam is the only notable medical institution in the government sector in Kochi.
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