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{{Infobox hospital<br />
| name = Tiruvalla Medical Mission Hospital<br />
| native_name = <br />
| image = TMM Hospital Tiruvalla.jpg<br />
| caption = The main hospital building of Tiruvalla Medical Mission.<br />
| location = [[Tiruvalla]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| funding = Non-profit charitable trust<br />
| type = General, Teaching<br />
| affiliation = TMM College of Nursing<br />
| website = {{URL|https://tmmhospital.org/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Tiruvalla Medical Mission (TMM) Hospital''' is a major hospital<ref name="CRISIL">{{cite web |title=CRISIL Ratings |url=https://www.crisilratings.com/en/home/our-analysis/issuer-news/2023/09/crisil-rates-tiruvalla-medical-mission-hospital.html |website=CRISIL |access-date=6 March 2025 |quote=The rating continues to reflect the established market position of TMM Hospital, backed by its over five decades of operations... The hospital operates as a charitable society registered under the Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955.}}</ref> and a nursing education institution located in [[Tiruvalla]], Kerala, India. It is managed by The Dewan Bahadur Dr. V. Verghese Hospital Trust Association.<ref name="CRISIL" /><br />
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== History ==<br />
The hospital was founded in 1935 by Dewan Bahadur Dr. V. Verghese,<ref name="90years">{{cite news |last1=Nair |first1=Unnikrishnan |title=Tiruvalla Medical Mission Hospital celebrates 90 years of service |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2025/01/05/tiruvalla-medical-mission-hospital-celebrates-90-years.html |work=Onmanorama |date=5 January 2025 |access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref> the former personal physician to the [[Maharaja of Cochin]].<ref name="PubMed">{{cite journal |title=A short history of the Travancore College of Ayurveda |journal=Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine |date=2018 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=157–160 |doi=10.1016/j.jaim.2017.10.008 |pmid=29409688 |pmc=6034651 |last1=Weiss |first1=Richard |quote=Dewan Bahadur Dr. V. Verghese, the Chief Physician to the Maharaja of Travancore... |doi-access=free}}</ref> He established a small hospital on a wooded hillock near the Tiruvalla railway station.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |title=In Thiruvalla, a green initiative takes root on hospital campus |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/in-thiruvalla-a-green-initiative-takes-root-on-hospital-campus/article27735332.ece |work=The Hindu |date=20 June 2019 |access-date=6 March 2025 |quote=On the sprawling Thiruvalla Medical Mission compound...}}</ref><br />
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In 1940, Dr. Verghese constituted a charitable trust and handed over the hospital to medical missionaries of the Brethren persuasion.<ref name="90years" /> The trust is registered as a charitable society under the Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955.<ref name="CRISIL" /><br />
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A nurses training course was started at the hospital in 1943, marking the beginning of the TMM School of Nursing.<ref name="90years" /> The school was recognized by the Indian Nursing Council in 1950.<ref name="Edufiz">{{cite web |title=TMM College of Nursing, Tiruvalla |url=https://edufiz.com/tmm-college-of-nursing/ |website=Edufiz |access-date=6 March 2025 |quote=Accredited by Indian Nursing Council (INC) and KNMC.}}</ref> The institution expanded its education by founding the TMM College of Nursing in 2004.<ref name="Edufiz" /><br />
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== Services and governance ==<br />
TMM Hospital offers services across various medical specialties and operates a busy emergency department.<ref name="Onmanorama1">{{cite news |title=Youth stable after being revived at gym in Thiruvalla |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2025/06/20/thiruvalla-gym-cardiac-arrest-youth-saved.html |work=Onmanorama |date=20 June 2025 |access-date=6 March 2025 |quote=He was rushed to Thiruvalla Medical Mission (TMM) Hospital, head of emergency wing Dr Shyama Vishwanath said.}}</ref><ref name="Onmanorama2">{{cite news |title=KSWTD bus staff save woman who collapsed at Thiruvalla bus stand |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2025/07/19/thiruvalla-bus-stand-woman-collapsed-saved-ksrtc.html |work=Onmanorama |date=19 July 2025 |access-date=6 March 2025 |quote=She was taken to the nearby Thiruvalla Medical Mission Hospital... The hospital authorities said they would bear all medical expenses.}}</ref> The trust also runs community outreach programs.<ref name="90years" /><br />
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The hospital is governed by the aforementioned charitable trust.<ref name="CRISIL" /> As of 2019, the institution's chief executive officer was Mr. George Koshy.<ref name="Hindu" /><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
The institution celebrated 90 years of service in 2025.<ref name="90years" /> The School of Nursing, established in 1943, is noted as one of the earliest private nursing institutions in [[Central Division (Travancore)|Central Travancore]].<ref name="90years" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Thiruvalla]]<br />
* [[List of hospitals in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Hospitals in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Medical and health organisations based in India]]<br />
[[Category:Teaching hospitals in India]]</div>Rahuljogi