Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) in Coimbatore is a 1,000-bed NABH-accredited multispeciality hospital established in 1990, and one of Tamil Nadu's major tertiary hospitals outside Chennai.

Departments include cardiac sciences, oncology, neurology, orthopaedics, gastroenterology, nephrology, urology, paediatrics and emergency medicine, and KMCH runs a multi-organ transplant programme.

The hospital has 135 ICU beds, 18 operating theatres and two cath labs. Its equipment includes robotic surgery, two MRI and two CT suites, neuro-interventional radiology, a linear accelerator, spectral CT, PET-CT and a molecular-genetics laboratory.

The hospital's website describes a Comprehensive Cancer Centre established in 2010-11, with dedicated suites for cancer patients. Listed services include radiation oncology, brachytherapy, medical oncology, nuclear medicine, surgical oncology, a chemotherapy day-care unit, a cytotoxic preparation unit and central venous access devices. Radiation oncology uses RapidArc with IMRT and IGRT, as well as stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic radiotherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy. Emergency care includes a trauma care centre and an emergency control room, and a disaster-management team can draw on the hospital's ambulances.

The transplant programme page lists heart and lung, liver, kidney, bone marrow and pancreas transplantation, and sets out a patient journey of evaluation, compatibility matching, transplant and recovery. For international patients the hospital lists a dedicated coordinator, a second-opinion service based on uploaded reports, visa guidance and travel coordination, flight-booking assistance, help with medical certificates and fit-to-travel documentation, and coordination with insurers. Facilities include air-conditioned, Wi-Fi-enabled rooms, attender accommodation and multi-cuisine food, with remote follow-up after treatment.

That capacity suits patients in South India who need a transplant, heart or cancer treatment, neurosurgery or complex surgery with intensive post-operative care. For a transplant, ask about the team, the donor pathway and the follow-up arrangements.