Advanced Neonatal & Paediatric Tertiary Care Centre, a level III referral unit under the department of paediatrics, it deals with high risk Neonates & critically ill children.



The intensive care unit has 22 beds of which a sizeable section is devoted to medicine and associated specialties. Surgical patients and victims of serious life threatening trauma occupy the rest. The unit is equipped with all modern monitoring as well as interventional equipment. Isolation ICU is also available for patients requiring isolated care.

Apart from this there are separate Intensive Care Units for the Paediatrics and Neonatology Department, Burns Department and The Department of Accident and Emergency.




There are 6 operation theatres, complete with stainless steel cladding and Laminar Air-flow system. The operation theatres are equipped with superior lighting systems and OT tables as well as sophisticated Anaesthetic machines which include ventilators, pulse oximeters etc. The six theatres are specifically designated to different departments.

There is an extensive inventory of surgical equipment which include:

Image Intensifier (C-Arm)
Laparoscopes
Arthroscopes
Orthopaedic pneumatic system
Orthopaedic Joint Replacement Kits
Carl Zeiss Surgical microscope
Neuro Endoscopes
Midas Rex Drill System

There is a 12 bed recovery area within the theatre complex that is manned by well-trained nursing staff.

The central sterile supply department (CSSD) of the hospital deserves special mention. This department is responsible for meeting all the requirements of the operating theatres as well as the ICU, wards etc. From 1999 all cloth wrapped dressings have been done away with. All the dressing to the ICU as well as the wards now go from CSSD after sterilization, packed in imported impervious paper after careful cleaning and autoclaving. Objective testing is carried out on each pack by way of MVI (Multi Variable Indicator) strips and each lot of autoclaving has a TST(Time Stem Temperature) test strip.

Every two weeks the autoclaves are subject to a bowie-dick test by a colour index test. These tests, the purpose of which is the objective testing of the sterilization procedure, are all performed by standard test strips imported from the U.K.



Ernakulam Medical Centre has a large well-equipped laboratory with well-differentiated areas for Haematology, Clinical Pathology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Cytology. The lab is manned 24 hours by a team of trained and skilled technicians. The lab is centrally located for easy access from all out-patient departments, Trauma Centre and in-patient areas. Apart from the patients at the hospital, the lab services are also available to the general public.




Ernakulam Medical Centre was the first to have a dedicated Burns Unit in the city. The unit is equipped with Laminar flow Air conditioning with hepa filters that have 15 air exchanges per hour. Complete Barrier nursing with a 1:1 nurse-patient ratio is available. The unit is fully equipped to handle severe burns with all modern monitoring devices like cardiac monitors, pulse oximeters, C.V.P. monitoring, Ventilators for Respiratory Burns and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

The Burns Unit is managed primarily by the Department of Plastic Surgery and will have the assistance of all other departments like Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Psychiatry, etc. and also the paramedical departments like Bacteriology and Physiotherapy. The unit runs a separate clinic for the post burn patients to prevent complications like contractures, etc.





The department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is a full-fledged unit providing both Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy. EMC provides full day care to both in-patients and out-patients. Services are also extended to patients referred by other hospitals.

The treatment approaches are Neurodevelopmental, Biomechanical and Rehabilitative and caters to patients from various departments like Orthopaedics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery etc.




The Trauma Centre at Ernakulam Medical Centre was the first of its kind when it began its operation in 1999 with facilities for life saving intervention and resuscitation and minor operative procedures, apart from routine examination and treatment of all medical and surgical emergencies. The centre has an 8-bedded short stay intensive therapy area as well as advanced investigative facilities including X-Ray, CT scan, Echo and Sonographic facilities. The centre is manned round the clock by the Accident and Emergency department, which consists of resident doctors, nurses and other ancillary staff. They are supported by on-call specialists namely orthopaedic, neuro, general, ENT, plastic, maxillofacial, vascular and paediatric surgeons and physicians, neurologists and cardiologists.