Special Activities Monitored By Nodal Officer, Tribal Health, Attappady 

  • Follow up of SAM and SUW children through special task force by monitoring bi-weekly. Special attention is given for monitoring in take of EDSF, regarding feeding from AW, home available feed, care by parents, frequent de-worming, regular follow up in NRC etc.
  • Follow up of MAM children by field workers monthly to ensure feeding from AW and home.
  • Monitoring of pregnant women; those with recent EDC are brought to GTSH Kottathara two weeks prior to their date in-order to prevent home delivery. ST promoters, ICDS workers, Kudumbasree animators, Excise staff and Janamythri police help in shifting patients.
  • Monitoring of IUGR mothers; by admitting in GTSH after six months of pregnancy for a period of minimum 2 months to get special nutritious food which include traditional Raypittu which is supplied by NRLM.
  • Follow up of babies discharged from SNCU on day-8, 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 1-year.
  • Follow up of babies discharged from labour room on day- 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 42 days as home based new born care through field staff.
  • Follow up of mobile medical units to give special attention for the care of malnourished children and ANC’s in remote areas.

Activities of Govt. Tribal Speciality Hospital, Kottathara After 2013.

This 100 bedded hospital provides the following services to tribal and non tribal of Attappady.

  1. Outpatient treatment averaging 750 per day-morning and evening OPD.
  2. In patient care average occupancy of 150 per day.
  3. 24 hours Causality services, Lab, X-Ray & Pharmacy services.
  4. 2 bedded medical adult ICU with ventilator and defibrillator.
  5. Ambulance Service.
  6. USG scans machines available.
  7. Speciality OP facility (General Medicine, Ortho, Gyn. & Ob, Ophthalmology, ENT, Psychiatry, Surgery & Anaethesia.
  8. Special OP care once in every month for Audioloty, Dermatology & Surgery (Twice in a month)
  9. Operation Theatre facility for orthopedidics (30 month) and gynecology (20 month), fully fledged ophthalmology theatre.
  10. Blood storage unit facility
  11. Provide Insurance schemes RSBY, RBSK, AROGYA KIRANAM, JSSK, TRIBAL INSURANCE & CHIS PLUS.
  12. Immunization programme once in every week.
  13. Special New born care unit facility.
  14. Dental Unit.
  15. Secondary Pain and palliative care facility.
  16. Dialysis Unit (Sponsored by Santhi Medical & Information centre, Guruvayur).
  17. ICTC Counseling services.
  18. Canteen Facility.
  19. Secondary palliative care unit.
  20. Public awareness programme.
  21. Psychiatry, Sickie & TB Rehabilitation programme.
  22. Agro Farming in the campus.
  23. Sickle cell anaemia clinic on every Friday
  24. Genetic Counseling/Adolescent Counseling, Family Welfare Counseling
  25. Infertility Clinic, Cancer Screening and NSV on Friday
  26. Medical Board on every 1st Monday
  27. PMSMA (Prime Ministers Surkshith Mathrithwa Abhiyan) on every 9ths
  28. Physiotherapy Unit.
  29. Cataract surgery camp on every monday in tie-up with LOTUS Eye Hospital, Coimbatore