Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission (SVMM), established in 2002 in Agali, Palakkad district, provides free and subsidised healthcare and community health programmes for underserved indigenous communities in the Attappady Tribal Block. Its 50-bed hospital provides outpatient, inpatient and emergency care, along with MICU, NICU, a labour room, operation theatre, laboratory, radiology, and ambulance services. Its community health work reaches 192 hamlets through village health workers and programmes focused on sickle cell anaemia, mental health and de-addiction, maternal and child nutrition, adolescent health, and school health.
