This glamourous department which deals with all sorts of traumatic as well as non-traumatic orthopaedic problems is honoured by the presence of three versatile and committed orthopaedic surgeons dispersed in two separate units. Round the clock availability of any ---- venders the performance of the department unique and most efficient among all the similar departments in various institution along the costal belt. Dr. Madhu S. Nair MBBS,D.Ortho, one with immense clinical acumen and professional experience at K.J. Hospital Kodungallur, under the roof of Ortho unit I.

Ortho unit II is headed by  Dr. A.B Satheesan, senior orthopaedic surgeon with great expertise.

The areas of special interest include

• Trauma

• Hand surgery

• Arthroscopy and Sports medicine

• Low  Back Ache

• Spinal disorders

• Arthritis and Osteoporosis of various actiology

Special facilities like ILIZAROV FIXATORS, ORTHOFIX, JESS for deformity correction and bone defects, closed inter locking nailing of long bones percutaneous fixation of small bone fractures and paediatric fractures are also available. Full-fledged, mechanised 24 hours operation theatre with C-arm support facilitates the service smooth and non-turbulent.