KIMS, Thiruvananthapuram

Founded in 2002, Trivandrum based Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) with its 450 bed strength was started off by Great India Healthcare Management has now expanded its realm of operations and diversified into various aspects of healthcare under the name KIMS Healthcare Management Ltd (KHML). The Hospital treats on an average 750 patients in its OPD every day

Significant Achievements in the Last One Year

One of the significant achievements of the Hospital this year is NABL accreditation of its laboratory. The cardiology team of the Hospital has won the AV Gandhi Memorial National award for the second time for excellence in cardiology.

New Initiatives

In its ongoing effort to offer comprehensive cancer care, KIMS Hospital is on the anvil of starting its Department of Oncology. "We are also in the process of replicating our successful management systems to other centres through our management consultancy division. In this regard, our team is actively working in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and UAE," explains Dr MI Sa'adullah, Chairman.

Adoption of New Technology

"We are in the process of replicating our management systems to other centres. Our team is actively working in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and UAE" - Dr MI Sa'adullah Chairman Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences

It has adopted Electronic Medical Record (EMR). "This will ease the retrieval of medical data for use of patients, research and government authorities," states Dr Sahadulla. Hospital Information System, Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS), hardware and software firewalls, centralised anti-virus system, duress alarm system to ensure safety of staff and patients, digital X-ray machine for precise and accurate diagnosis and linear accelerator are the noteworthy additions made by the Hospital.

Quality and Patient Friendliness

The Hospital has started various committees to ensure patient, staff and visitor safety.

Safe operations and patient safety committee is formed for the purpose of addressing safety issues and monitoring safety system in the Hospital. The committee reviews incident reports, safety rounds reports and take necessary preventive and corrective actions. Infection Control Committee started by KIMS ensures that safe infection control practices are followed in the Hospital. Credentialing and Privileging Committee is done for all clinicians in the Hospital to ensure delivery of appropriate treatment in an appropriate environment. "Like this the Transfusion Committee ensures safe blood transfusions in the Hospital and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee ensures safe medication administration," explains Sa'adullah.

The Hospital does risk assessment of major activities in various departments in which hazards are identified and necessary preventive measures are taken. Pre employment check is done for all employees prior to joining.

CSR

KIMS Charitable Trust takes care of the Hospital's CSR initiatives. Medical camps, health awareness programmes, subsidised care for the needy are some of the routine activities of the trust. Under its Smile Train Programme free surgeries are undertaken for cleft and palate surgeries.

Long-term Vision

The long term vision of the Hospital is to attain horizontal and vertical growth so as to become one of the most preferred healthcare and health tourism destinations in Asia with focus on medicine, education and research.