Metromed International Cardiac Centre, Kozhikode

Metromed International Cardiac Centre, known as MICC, is a heart-focused hospital on Thondayad Bypass Road in Kozhikode. Its site describes 200 beds devoted to cardiac care. Rather than a general hospital with a small cardiac department, it organises interventional cardiology, surgery, paediatric heart care and heart-failure services around patients with cardiovascular disease.

Two catheterisation laboratories are described for interventions in adults and children, including newborns. The hospital also reports coronary care and postoperative intensive-care units totalling 50 beds. A patient with coronary disease may need angiography and then a discussion of medicines, an intervention or surgery. Congenital conditions follow a different pathway involving paediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery.

MICC lists cardiac surgery and heart transplantation as service areas, but suitability for an operation or transplant depends on detailed evaluation and the current programme. People seeking a second opinion can bring echocardiograms, angiograms, operative notes and medication lists. Parents of a child with congenital disease should bring earlier scans and treatment summaries, because the anatomy and prior interventions shape the next decision.

The centre's narrow specialty focus is useful when comparing cardiac providers in Kerala. Patients can ask which team would handle their condition, whether intensive-care admission is expected and how follow-up is arranged after discharge. The hospital's own figures describe its overall capacity; individual bed and procedural availability should be confirmed for the planned date. For heart-failure care, long-term monitoring and medicines may be as important as an operation. Patients can ask how the clinic coordinates inpatient treatment, review of symptoms and later follow-up.

MICC may be relevant for adults and children with heart disease who need a dedicated cardiac hospital, from angioplasty and rhythm problems to cardiac surgery, heart failure care and heart transplantation, in Kozhikode and northern Kerala.