Aster MIMS explained

Aster MIMS
Type:	General
Funding:	Private
Opened:	2000
Location:	Kozhikode
Country:	India
Website:	,,

Aster MIMS (full name - Aster Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences) is an NABH accredited 950-bed super-specialty hospital located in Kozhikode, India. It is located on Mini Bypass Road, Opp Kovilakam Residency Govindapuram, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. Aster MIMS, an NABH-accredited hospital,^[1] was established to offer advanced medical treatment of international standards at affordable rates. MIMS has also established a 200-bed hospital at Changuvetty, Kottakkal, and in Chala, Kannur.

Features

• 100+ full-time doctors
• First multi-specialty hospital in the country to gain NABH accreditation^[2]
• Level IV Trauma care facility
• Intensive care facility
• Blood Bank with component separation facility
• The first Cochlear Implant Clinic in the State of Kerala
• Advanced Interventional Radiology
• State-of-the-art Nuclear Medicine Department
• Round-the-clock availability of Interventional Cardiologists for Primary angioplasty
• 24-hour availability of Neurologists for thrombolysis in stroke
• Integrated MIMS Academy with DNB, nursing, and paramedical courses.

Clinical and surgical departments

The departments at Aster MIMS include

• Anesthesiology
• Cardiothoracic anesthesiology
• Cardiology
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Dental Surgery
• Dermatology
• Emergency Medicine
• Endocrinology
  • Family Medicine ENT
• Gastroenterology
• Lower gastrointestinal surgery
• Upper gastrointestinal surgery
• General Medicine
• General Surgery
• Intensive Care Unit
• Reproductive Medicine
• Neonatology
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Oncology
• Surgical Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery
• Orthopedics
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
• Pediatric Cardiology
• Pediatric Surgery
• Pediatrics
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation
• Plastic Surgery
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Preventive Healthcare
• Psychiatric medicine
• Pulmonary Medicine
• Rheumatology
• Urology
• Vascular Surgery.

Diagnostic departments

The diagnostic departments at MIMS include a referral diagnostic clinical laboratory, Microbiology lab, Pathology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging.

Key people

• Dr Azad Moopen, Chairman
• SM Syed Khalil, Director
• Dr. Abdulla Cherayakkat, Managing Director
• Mr. U Basheer, executive director.

There are over 1500 employees.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NABH NABH Accredited Hospitals :: . 2 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220102921/http://nabh.co/main/hospitals/accredited.asp . 20 February 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: NABH accredited hospitals. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150315022234/http://nabh.co/frmViewAccreditedHosp.aspx . 15 March 2015 .