Crescent Medical Centre

Name :

Crescent Medical Centre

Address  :

Alathur P.O
Palakkad Dist

Town  :

Palakkad

State  :

Kerala

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

678541

Phone  :

91 4922 224411

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • ENT
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Psychiatrist
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 300

Speciality Type :


Description

Crescent Hospital was inaugurated on 1st of May 1997 under the auspices of Crescent Medical Centre Ltd The birth of this Hospital marked the beginning of a new era of professional health care in the history of Alathur The population of the thaluk totaling around 4 Lakhs had the opportunity for the first time to seek expert medical opinion and efficient treatment for their ailments in their own locality

Crescent Hospital started with an inpatient capacity of 50 beds and 11 doctors The overwhelming response from the common public compelled us to increase the bed strength to 100 within 3 months and to 150 within a year Through the years crescent hospital has improvised a lot both in quantity and quality with its arduous service and sheer dedication Today the hospital has an inpatient capacity of 300 beds 25 doctors and over 300 paramedics working 24 hours to serve the patients and improve the health of the public


History

1993 formation of crescent Medical Centre as Privite Limited company

1997 Inauguration of crescent Hospital

1998 Increased the bed capacity from 50 beds to 150 beds

1999 increased the bed capacity form 150 beds to 200 beds

1999 Started Cardiac Department in association with KG Hospital Coimbatore

1999 Started separate Orthopaedic Operation Theatre

1999 Computerised clinical laboratory with Semi autoanalyzer

1999 Started Neonatal ICU

1999 Started Dental Department

2001 Started Nursing School

2002 New Accounts Department Started

2003 Casualty and orthopaedic OP renovated

2003 Nayana Jyothi Eye Bank Inaugurated in association with Kerala Govt health Dept

2004 New Block for Gynaecology and paediatrics inaugurated

2004 Increased bed capacity to 300

2004 Shifted pharmacy to New Building

2005 Started CT Scan Centre

2005 Started College of nursing

2005 construction of Nursing Institutions Building Started

2006 Shifted Nursing Institutions to New Premises

2006 New Cardiac Colour Doppler Unit started

2007 INC Recognition for School of Nursing

2008 Started Psychiiatry and rehabilitation Centre

2009 Started nephrology and Dialysis Unit

2009 Renovated Effluent Watere Treatment Plant

2009 Started RSBYCHIS Insurance Program in association with Central amp Kerala govt
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