KOZHIKODE: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday laid the foundation stone for Kerala Institute of Organ and Tissue Transplant hospital in Kozhikode. The ceremony was presided over by officials, including Health Minister Veena George and Public Works Minister Mohamed Riyas. “Kerala has once again set a new model in healthcare by implementing the country’s first exclusive organ transplantation institute. Organ transplantation surgeries have been increasingly becoming vital in the medical field and the cost of such surgeries in private hospitals is unaffordable. “The same surgery performed at this transplantation institute costs a third less than at major private hospitals and will be bearable to every common man.

Source: Indian Express February 08, 2026 02:59 UTC