Aster Medcity

Overview

Aster Medcity is a tertiary multi-specialty hospital in Kochi, Kerala, India, operated by Aster DM Healthcare, a healthcare group founded by Dr. Azad Moopen with a substantial presence across the GCC and India. The campus, located on a riverside site at Cheranalloor on the outskirts of Kochi, was developed as a flagship quaternary-care facility for southern India and is one of the larger private hospitals in Kerala by bed count and clinical footprint. The hospital opened in 2014 as the largest single facility in the Aster India network.

Specialties and Treatment Focus

Aster Medcity is organized around specialty centers of excellence covering cardiac sciences, oncology, neurosciences, orthopedics and integrated liver care including transplantation. The hospital performs complex cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology, joint replacement, spine surgery, surgical and medical oncology, radiation oncology, and solid-organ transplant programs spanning liver and kidney.

Doctors and Medical Team

The medical staff includes consultants with postgraduate training from Indian and international institutions across cardiac surgery, surgical oncology, hepatology and orthopedics. Care is delivered through multidisciplinary tumor boards, heart teams and transplant committees rather than single-consultant practice, which is standard for Indian quaternary centers of this scale.

International Patient Experience

Aster Medcity operates an international patient services department serving inbound travelers from the Gulf, Africa, the Maldives and Southeast Asia, with the broader Aster network's GCC presence supporting referral pathways from the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Standard support includes medical opinion before travel based on shared reports and imaging, visa-assistance documentation, airport pickup from Kochi International Airport, on-campus accommodation options for attendants, dietary accommodations for international guests, and interpreter coordination for Arabic, Russian, French and other languages depending on availability.

Why Patients Choose This Clinic

Patients choose Aster Medcity for access to transplant and complex cardiac programs within the Aster network, integrated post-operative rehabilitation on a single campus, and Kerala's English-language clinical environment combined with India's cost structure for tertiary care.