In the field of health, the services provided by government hospitals are not small. The common man and the poor get the best treatment in government hospitals without much cost. If the government had shown interest in modernizing the infrastructure of government hospitals, no middle class person would have depended on private hospitals. The cost of private hospitals for treatment is becoming unaffordable even for the rich.

It is in this context that the services of SAT Hospital for Women and Children in Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College become invaluable. SAT is one of the best hospitals in India for maternity and child care and the collective efforts of experienced doctors and other staff have enabled SAT to create continuous success stories. The hospital recently received Lakshya certification, a national quality recognition, with excellent scores. The objective of the schemes is to provide high quality maternity care, reduce infection, provide better care during delivery, postnatal care, beneficiary satisfaction and improve the quality of labour rooms and obstetric operation theatres. The Mathruyanam scheme, which brings the mother and baby home free of cost, is also successfully implemented here.

Recently, 'Ammakku Oru Koottu' project implemented here on a pilot basis have also turned out to be successful. This scheme allows a female relative as a bystander, even in the labor room during labour. It has become a very comforting system for the labouring woman and their relatives. Health Minister Veena George also appreciated the entire team who tried to make this project a success, which has become very helpful in knowing the exact treatments and asking relevant doubts to the doctor etc. At the time of admission to the hospital for delivery, the pregnant woman can decide to have her mother, sister or other relatives stay with her during the delivery. This project is well suited to reduce the mental stress of the pregnant woman during childbirth. Although such methods have been implemented in foreign countries for years, this is the first time that a government hospital is implementing this system here. Those who devised and successfully implemented this scheme, which ensures the closeness of a dearest relative from admission to the hospital for delivery to discharge after delivery, can be proud.