Goutham Hospital

Name :

Goutham Hospital

Address  :

Panayappally

Town  :

Kochi

State  :

Kerala

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

682005

Phone  :

0484 2210510

Fax  :

0484 - 2210511

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

mail@gauthamhospital.org

Description

Gautham Hospital established in 1970 is a major Multi Specialty hospital rendering modern medical care to the people of all sections of the society at affordable cost Economically weaker sections avail various charitable schemes of this hospital MK Raghavan Memorial Multi Specialty Wing is the new addition to the hospital

Some of the services provided by us

Recognised by the Government of India for the Treatment of Central Government Employees amp their families

History

Once a fishing village of no significance in the Kingdom of Kochi in the precolonial Kerala the territory that would be later known as Fort Kochi was granted to the Portuguese in 1503 by the Rajah of Kochi who also gave them permission to build a fort near the waterfront to protect their commercial interests The first part of the name Fort Kochi comes from this fort Fort Emmanuel which was later destroyed by the Dutch Behind the fort the Portuguese built their settlement and a wooden church which was rebuilt in 1516 as a permanent structure and which today is known as the St Francis Church Fort Kochi remained a Portuguese possession for 160 years In 1683 the Dutch captured the territory from the Portuguese destroyed many Portuguese particularly Catholic institutions including convents The Dutch held Fort Kochi as their possession for 112 years until 1795 when the British took control by defeating the Dutch Four hundred and forty four years of foreign control of Fort Kochi ended in 1947 with the Indian independence

A mix of old Portuguese Dutch and British houses from these colonial periods line the streets of Fort Kochi St Francis Church built in 1503 by the Portuguese as a Catholic church and where Vasco da Gama was once buried is now used by the Church of South India and is one of the national monuments of India The Catholic church Santa Cruz Basilica also built by the Portuguese in the 1500s was later destroyed by the British and rebuilt near the end of 19th century The landmark that causes perhaps the most public and visitor interest is a series of precolonial Chinese fishing nets on the waterfront believed to have been introduced by Chinese traders in the early 1300s