Lisie hospital, founded in 1956, managed by the Archdiocese of Ernakulam, is one of the largest hospitals with the most prominent Cardiology and Cardiothoracic center in Kochi. The 1 st total arterial bypass surgery on a beating heart was successfully conducted here. It has 750 bed facility and well equipped, fully automated interconnected laboratory for biochemistry, microbiology, immunology, serology, clinical pathology, histopathology, cytology and blood banking. The various clinical specializations functioning to serve the patients include departments of anesthesia, cardiac anesthesiology, cardio thoracic surgery, cardiology, critical care medicine, dentistry, diabetology, dermatology, emergency medicine, endocrinology, general medicine, gastroenterology, gynecology and obstetrics, interventional radiology and imaging, medical oncology, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology and head and neck surgery, orthopedic surgery, pediatrics, pain and palliative care, pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiac anesthesia, pediatric cardio-surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, pulmonary medicine, surgical gastroenterology, head and neck surgical oncology and urology.