HealthcareBUILDAnnounced
₹271 crore organ and tissue transplantation institute planned at Chevayur, Kozhikode
Kozhikode, Kerala3 Oct 2026
The proposed Institute of Organ and Tissue Transplantation in Kozhikode is planned on a 20-acre plot at Chevayur with ₹271 crore set aside, and an announced completion timeline of 30 months. The article says the facility is planned with 350 beds and 10 operation theatres, with organ-transplant services to be brought under one roof; it also mentions a proposed dermatology hospital on the same premises with ₹35 crore spend planned.
Why it matters
If completed as described, the institute would consolidate transplant-related services in one facility in north Kerala, potentially increasing local capacity for complex transplant surgeries and reducing patient travel for such care.
Institute of Organ and Tissue Transplantation (proposed)Kerala Heart Care Society