Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated 15 major healthcare projects worth over Rs 180 crore at the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, on 01 September, 2025.

The projects include completed works worth Rs 98.79 crore and foundation stones for new initiatives totalling Rs 81.50 crore. Describing them as people-centric, CM Vijayan said, “These new facilities will bring in a revolutionary change in patient care at the hospital. They will facilitate faster and more accurate diagnoses, ensuring effective treatment while helping reduce treatment costs for the common man.”

Among the highlights was a state-of-the-art operation theatre complex, featuring 14 operation theatres, 145 beds, and 16 ICU units in a seven-storey block. A six-storey MLT block with library, lecture halls, and research rooms was also opened. Imaging facilities were upgraded with MRI, SPECT CT, and digital radiography units. The SAT Hospital gained paediatric nephro and neuro wards, Kerala’s first public paediatric haemodialysis unit, and a gastro endoscopy unit. Other additions include a mother-newborn care unit, human milk bank, skin bank, and urodynamic study centre.