Aster Medcity, Kochi

Aster Medcity is an 800-bed tertiary and quaternary hospital in Cheranelloor, Kochi. Aster states that the campus has 700 inpatient beds and 100 day-care beds and has provided care since 2013. The hospital is accredited by JCI and NABH. Its clinical structure includes dedicated programmes in cardiac sciences, neurosciences, oncology, gastroenterology and hepatology, nephrology and urology, orthopaedics, women and child care and multi-organ transplantation.

The procedure mix reflects that high-complexity focus. Transplant services include liver, kidney and bone marrow transplantation. Neurosciences lists deep brain stimulation, epilepsy surgery and spine surgery. Medical gastroenterology performs double-balloon enteroscopy, POEM, ERCP, capsule endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound-guided intervention and advanced mucosal or full-thickness resections. Oncology services include systemic treatment, HIPEC, brachytherapy and reconstructive surgery for selected head-and-neck cancer cases.

Diagnostic and interventional infrastructure includes a 3-Tesla wide-bore MRI, 256-slice CT, time-of-flight PET-CT, SPECT imaging, digital mammography and a hybrid biplane catheterisation laboratory. The surgical programme uses robotic technology and integrated operating rooms. Critical-care support includes ECMO for selected patients, and specialist imaging and nuclear medicine are available within the campus.

Aster Medcity may be relevant for patients needing organ transplantation, advanced gastrointestinal endoscopy, complex cardiac or neurological treatment, cancer surgery or multimodality oncology. Its broad imaging and intervention platform is also useful when diagnosis and treatment require several technologies, such as PET-CT, catheter-based procedures, major surgery and intensive monitoring during the same episode of care.