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{{Short description|Teaching hospital for women and children in Thiruvananthapuram}}
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'''Sree Avittom Thirunal Hospital''' (commonly '''SAT Hospital''') is a public women's and children's teaching hospital in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India. It is one of the principal affiliated hospitals of the [[Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram]] (GMCT), and provides tertiary maternity, neonatal, pediatric, and reproductive medicine services for the southern districts of Kerala.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram |url=https://www.gmctvm.in/about |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=www.gmctvm.in}}</ref>

== History ==
Plans for a modern teaching hospital in Thiruvananthapuram date to the late 1940s. The [[Travancore royal family]] funded the construction of a women's and children's hospital in memory of Prince Sree Avittom Thirunal,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-21 |title=6-ാംവയസ്സിൽ മരിച്ച രാജകുമാരന്റെ ഓർമയ്ക്കായി നിർമിച്ച SAT ആശുപത്രി,ശ്രീചിത്തിര തിരുനാളിന്‍റെ തീരുമാനം |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/health/features/the-story-behind-sat-hospital-thiruvananthaputam-ac2c1736 |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=@mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref> whose death prompted the then Maharaja, [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]], to support a dedicated maternal-and-child facility. The women's and children's hospital was dedicated in 1952 and became a cornerstone of the new medical college established in 1951.

== Campus and location ==
SAT Hospital is situated within the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram campus in the Chalakuzhi–Ulloor area of the city, forming part of a large medical education and care complex alongside the Medical College Hospital, Regional Cancer Centre, [[Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum|Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology]], and other institutions.

== Administration and affiliation ==
The hospital is administered by the Directorate of Medical Education, the Government of Kerala, and functions as a teaching unit of Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, which is affiliated with the [[Kerala University of Health Sciences]].

== Clinical departments and services ==
SAT Hospital houses the maternal, neonatal, pediatric and allied subspecialty services of the medical college. As listed by GMCT, services based at SAT include:

* [[Obstetrics and gynaecology]]
* [[Pediatrics]] and multiple pediatric subspecialties – Neonatology, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Gastroenterology,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-02 |title=Kerala's first pediatric gastroenterology department to be set up at SAT Hospital |url=https://thesouthfirst.com/kerala/keralas-first-pediatric-gastroenterology-department-to-be-set-up-at-sat-hospital/ |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=The South First {{!}} News, Politics, Sports, Entertainment & Live Updates |language=en}}</ref> Pediatric Surgery, Behavioral Pediatrics, Medical Genetics<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-28 |title=Genetics department at SAT |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/genetics-department-at-sat/articleshow/106334983.cms |access-date=2025-10-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* [[Reproductive medicine]]
* [[Maternal–fetal medicine]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-20 |title=SAT Hosp to establish state's first fetal medicine dept |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/sat-hospital-launches-first-fetal-medicine-department-in-kerala/articleshow/114399858.cms |access-date=2025-10-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Programs and centres ==

=== Reproductive medicine ===
The hospital's Department of Reproductive Medicine provides assisted reproductive technology services. As reported in 2025, the program had facilitated the birth of more than 500 babies through [[in vitro fertilisation]] (IVF) and related techniques, positioning SAT as a major public-sector fertility centre in the state<ref>{{Cite web |last=S |first=Unnikrishnan |date=2025-01-23 |title=SAT Hospital now beacon of hope for those yearning for parenthood |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2025/Jan/23/sat-hospital-now-beacon-of-hope-for-those-yearning-for-parenthood |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

=== Rare disease care and Centre of Excellence ===
In January 2023, SAT Hospital was notified as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Rare Disease Treatment under India's National Policy for Rare Diseases (NPRD), becoming the 11th such centre nationally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title=Kerala's SAT Hospital becomes 11th Centre of Excellence for Rare Disease Treatment |url=https://www.rarediseases.in/keralas-sat-hospital-becomes-11th-centre-of-excellence-for-rare-disease-treatment/ |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=IORD – Indian Organization for Rare Diseases |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Kerala subsequently launched the CARE project for rare diseases (2024). By January 2025, state officials reported the initiation of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) at SAT Hospital in 2024 and said over 100 children were receiving high-cost treatments under the program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETHealthworld.com |title=Kerala to launch rare disease patient registry and treatment clinic |url=https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/kerala-to-launch-rare-disease-patient-registry-and-treatment-clinic/117548765 |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=ETHealthworld.com |language=en}}</ref>

SAT has also been the site of notable rare-disease initiatives in pediatrics, such as providing pre-symptomatic treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) guided by international protocols, reported as a first in India at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-06-18 |title=Advanced pre-symptomatic treatment for spinal muscular atrophy provided in Kerala, first in India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/advanced-pre-symptomatic-treatment-for-spinal-muscular-atrophy-provided-in-kerala-first-in-india/articleshow/121936059.cms?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-10-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

=== Human milk bank ===
In September 2024, Kerala’s third human breast milk bank was inaugurated at SAT Hospital to support nutrition for premature and low-birth-weight infants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-07 |title=Kerala's third breast milk bank opens at SAT hospital to support newborn nutrition |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/keralas-third-breast-milk-bank-opens-at-sat-hospital-to-support-newborn-nutrition-ryj0u7a1 |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=@mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref>

The facility was established in collaboration with the Kerala State Women and Child Development Department and the National Health Mission, aiming to ensure the availability of safe, pasteurized donor human milk for neonates admitted to the hospital’s intensive care units.

== Academics and training ==
As a teaching hospital under GMCT, SAT provides clinical training for MBBS students as well as MD/MS residents in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Pediatrics, offering 30 MS seats in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and 24 MD seats in Pediatrics.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.nmc.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Revised%20PG%20Seat%20Matrix%202024-25%20on%2031-03-2025.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250419021927/https://www.nmc.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Revised%20PG%20Seat%20Matrix%202024-25%20on%2031-03-2025.pdf |archive-date=2025-04-19 |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=www.nmc.org.in |url-status=live }}</ref> The hospital also hosts super-specialty programs relevant to SAT's services which include DM/MCh in Reproductive Medicine, Pediatric Surgery, Neonatology,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram |url=https://www.tmc.kerala.gov.in/updates/courses |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=www.tmc.kerala.gov.in}}</ref> Pediatric Neurology, and Pediatric Nephrology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paediatric nephrology DM seats for TVM Medical College, first for a govt college in India |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/career-and-campus/top-news/2024/10/29/paediatric-nephrology-dm-seats-tvm-medical-college-first-for-govt-college-india.html |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=Paediatric nephrology DM seats for TVM Medical College, first for a govt college in India |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:Children's hospitals in India]]
[[Category:Teaching hospitals in India]]
[[Category:Maternity hospitals in India]]
[[Category:Women's hospitals]]

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