Kochi Health News

Kochi, in Kerala, is a major urban centre with a Census 2011 population of 6,02,046. Its healthcare landscape spans public medical colleges and district hospitals, fast-expanding private hospital groups and diagnostic chains, primary health centres and urban health posts, along with a growing base of clinicians, nurses and allied health professionals serving both the city and its surrounding districts.

Zocto's Kochi desk tracks the stories that shape care in the city: hospital expansions and accreditation, disease outbreaks and public health advisories, insurance and treatment costs, medical education and workforce news, health policy decisions by civic and state authorities, and the practitioners and institutions raising the standard of care across Kerala.