Seventh-day Adventist Hospital, Ottapalam
Seventh-day Adventist Hospital, Ottapalam | |
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Medical Trust of Seventh-day Adventists | |
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Geography | |
Location | Ottapalam, Palakkad, Kerala, India |
Coordinates | 10°46′N 76°23′E / 10.77°N 76.38°ECoordinates: 10°46′N 76°23′E / 10.77°N 76.38°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
Organisation | |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Hospital type | General |
Network | Seventh-day Adventist Hospitals |
Services | |
Beds | 160 |
History | |
Founded | 1969 |
Links | |
Website | osdah |
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The Seventh-day Adventist Hospital, Ottapalam is a charitable mission hospital in Ottapalam in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India. It was established in 1969[1] as a part of a health care unit of the worldwide organisation - the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The hospital lies adjacent to the Palakkad - Shoranur highway.
History[edit]
The Adventist Church has formed the trust Council of Seventh-day Adventist Hospitals (COSDAH) and later Medical Trust of Seventh-day Adventists, which is a registered body under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, Reg. No.516 of 1999, under which the hospitals are embedded. The trust operates on a no-loss no-profit basis.
The medical trust operates 11 hospitals across the country, under the umbrella of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination; these hospitals are affiliated to institutions like Loma Linda Medical Center. Four of the hospitals have nursing schools attached. The schools are being upgraded to the collegiate level.
The hospital role in serving the local community covers part of the district of Palakkad. The hospital serves a population of about 3,000,000. There are 210 beds. The hospital owns 33 acres of land.
The hospital had many developments under the leadership of Pr. P A Varghese as Business Manager (2006-2012)
- College of Nursing
- Renovated Operation Theater
- Renovated ICU
- New Casulality Block
- New Mourtury Block
- Renovated Private Rooms
- New Echo and TMT machines
- New Digital X Ray Machine
- Renovated Quarters
- Improved Laundry
- New College Buses
- New Hostel Block
Events[edit]
The hospital founded the Golden Jubilee Marathon, which is run on the palakkad-ponnani highway.[2]
Services[edit]
The hospital offers the following services:
- General Medicine
- General Surgery
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Paediatrics
- Orthopaedics
- Community Health
- Anesthesiology
- Dental
- Ophthalmology
- Urology
College of Nursing[edit]
The SDA School of nursing has been in operation since 2001 with the accreditation of Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council and the Indian Nursing Council. In order to meet the health demands of the society and to upgrade the training of the students, the school of nursing was upgraded to a College of Nursing offering a bachelor's degree in nursing, affiliated to the Kerala University of Health sciences. The students graduating are well trained and well placed both in India and abroad.The College Was started under the leadership of Dr. Rajkumar ,Medical Director and Pr. P A Varghese ,Business Manager.
See also[edit]
Other articles of the topic India : Serafim Kalliadasis, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, Josh (2000 film), Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute Of Technology
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Ottapalam Seventh-day Adventist Hospital". Adventist Archives. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ↑ "Golden Jubilee Marathon". India Running. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
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