Overview
- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan laid the foundation stone at Chevayur, Kozhikode, with senior ministers scheduled to attend the ceremony.
- The project is financed through KIIFB, with ₹99 crore set aside specifically for advanced medical equipment.
- Phase one includes a 350-bed facility featuring intensive care units, a dialysis centre, high-dependency units and 10 operation theatres.
- The autonomous institute will bring organ donation, surgeries and post-transplant care under one roof, add a transplant research centre and a cell and tissue engineering centre, launch 14 specialty departments and plan 31 academic courses.
- Initial operations will start at Kozhikode Medical College before moving to the new campus, with 60 posts sanctioned, while reported totals for overall project cost differ across outlets.