Paediatric Surgery for Families from Kanyakumari District
Pratheep Nursing Home, Palliyadi — about 60 km from Kanyakumari town from Kanyakumari, roughly 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes by road.
How to Reach the Hospital
Distance
about 60 km from Kanyakumari town
Journey time
roughly 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes by road
From Kanyakumari travel via Nagercoil and then north on NH 66 through Thuckalay and Marthandam towards Palliyadi.
- Buses run from Kanyakumari to Nagercoil and onward towards Marthandam and Kuzhithurai.
- Families from Thuckalay, Kuzhithurai, Colachel, Padmanabhapuram and Thiruvattar reach the hospital more quickly than from Kanyakumari town itself.
- Nagercoil Junction is the nearest major railway station.
Language: Tamil, Malayalam and English are all spoken at the hospital.
Distances and journey times are approximate and depend on traffic and your exact starting point. Please use the map link for live directions.
Before you set out
- Call 9319066805 to confirm the doctor is consulting that day — theatre lists and emergencies can change the schedule.
- Bring all previous scans, blood reports, discharge summaries and current medicines.
- Consultation hours are 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
Why Families Travel Here
Paediatric and neonatal surgery available within the district, without travelling to a metro city
Congenital and birth-defect surgery assessed by a surgeon with a DNB in Paediatric & Neonatal Surgery
NICU, ICU, baby warmer and paediatric ventilator support on site
A full range of scopies — endoscopy, colonoscopy, cystoscopy and bronchoscopy
The whole pathway — consultation, scan, surgery and follow-up — in one place
Conditions Treated Here
The conditions families from Kanyakumari most often bring their children with. Each has a page explaining what it is, whether surgery is needed, and what to expect.
Dr. Pratheep Samraj
Consultant Paediatric & Neonatal Surgeon · Palliyadi, Kanyakumari
Super-specialist surgical care for newborns, infants and children, with expertise in paediatric urology, congenital anomalies, gastro-intestinal surgery and minimally invasive surgery.
Coming from Kanyakumari?
Call or send your child’s details on WhatsApp before you travel, so the visit is planned and you are not making the journey twice.
Consultation 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM & 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM · 24-hour laboratory & pharmacy
In an emergency — green vomiting in a baby, a groin swelling that will not go back, severe tummy pain, or a newborn not passing urine or meconium — come straight to the hospital or to your nearest emergency department. Do not wait for a reply to a message.