Way
back in 1978 an elite group of philanthropists
and businessman met to discuss the setting
up of a hospital specializing in cardiac
cases. As a prelude, they formed a society
namely the Trichur Heart Foundation with
Dr.P.M.Varkey, FRCP as its Chairman .
The society subsequently sponsored the
Trichur Heart Hospital Ltd, the first
investor owned, multi disciplinary Super
Speciality High Tech Corporate Hospital
with Dr. Varkey as its President and Chief
Promoter. The project was conceived with
an idea of establishing an institution
of international standards to provide
excellence in treatment, nursing care,
service and cleanliness.
The Company was floated in 1985 and the
foundation stone was laid by his Holiness
Pope John Paul on 7th Feb. 1986. Visualized
to house 500 beds and other supporting
facilities the construction was started
in 1988. The complexity and the magnitude
of financial out lay necessitated the
phasing of the project. Central Government
Financial Institutions like ICICI, IDB,
IFCI participated in the project by contributing
75% of the Project Estimation and the
rest was met by the people of Trichur.
On 28/10/1992 H.E. Sankar Dayal Sharma,
former president of India inaugurated
the first phase in a grand ceremony. The
management of the hospital was entrusted
to an eleven member board of Directors
drawn from different walks of life but
at the same time efficient and conversant
with the administration. At the end of
the phase 1, we were the first investor
owned multi super Speciality Hospital
in Kerala.
