Amala Institute of Medical Sciences is a private medical college near Amalanagar, in

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

city, of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

state. It is a

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minority institution established and administered by the Devamatha Province of the

Carmelites of Mary Immaculate The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Carmelitarum Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae) abbreviated CMI, formerly also known as the Servants of Mary Immaculate ( ml, അമലോത്ഭവ ദാസ സംഘം), is a Cath ...

(CMI), an indigenous religious congregation founded in 1831.

History

Amala was established in 1978 as a nonprofit, charitable institution aimed at treatment and management of Cancer in

. The institution was formally inaugurated on 25 April 1978 by the then

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. The hospital complex was situated on the slopes of the

Vilangan Hills Vilangan Hills (Malayalam: വിലങന്‍ കുന്നു) is a hillock located in Adat Panchayat, near Thrissur city of Kerala state in India. The hill gives a panoramic view of Thrissur city and Thrissur Kole Wetlands from the top. ...

, spreading over a campus.Departments
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External links

Official Website
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History

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