Lourdes Hospital, is a premier multispeciality hospital in Ernakulam, the commercial capital of Kerala. Commenced in the year 1965 under the aegis of the Archdiocese of Verapoly, Lourdes today attends to around 500 In-patients and 1700 Out-patients daily and attracts patients not only from all parts of Kerala but from other states of India as well as from abroad.