Little Flower Hospital  Little Flower Hospital & Research Centre is a 610-bed multi-specialty hospital in the town of Angamaly, Eranakulam District, about 25 kilometres north of Kochi, situated at the junction of the Main Central Road of Kerala with the National Highway 47. The hospital is run by the Major Archdiocese of Ernakulam -Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It offers a number of specialties including Cardiology, General Surgery, Orthopaedics & Trauma, Plastic & Microvascular Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, Eye, ENT, General Medicine and its allied specialties, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics etc. The hospital is a regional referral unit for Ophthalmology, trauma and General Surgery. The hospital has various training programmes at graduate level in the disciplines nursing, physiotherapy, optometry as well as in general nursing and midwifery. The hospital is also recognized by the National Board of Examinations for the training of doctors towards the Diplomate of National Board in General Surgery, General Medicine & Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Child Health. Little Flower hospital was begun on 9 February 1936 with one doctor, one compounder, a nurse cum mid wife and a ward boy. At that time the inhabitants of Angamaly was struggling to have some facility for medical aid even at times of extreme necessity and the Archbishop of Ernakulam Mar Augustine Kandathil began the hospital under the auspices of the Archdiocese. General Medicine, General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Physiotherapy, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gastroenterology, Gastro-Surgery, Paediatrics, Neonatology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nephrology, Anesthesiology and Critical care Medicine, Plastic and Microvascular Surgery, Cardiology, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, ENT, Urology, Radiology, Hematology, Dental Surgery, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Pathology, Blood bank and Component Therapy Unit  M.H.A.(Master of Hospital Administration),B.Sc. Nursing, Bachelor Of Physiotherapy(BPT), B.Sc. Optometry, Diploma in Ophthalmic Techniques, Diploma in General Nursing Recognized by Nursing Council of India, Diploma in Medical Lab Technology Recognized by MAI, Diploma in Medical Record Technology recognized by CMAI