At R.C. Chettipatty, Omalur, LRRC serves through St. Joseph Speciality Hospital, St. Joseph Eye Care and St. Joseph Institute of Allied Health Science.
St. Joseph Speciality Hospital provides an ambulance facility. Call the hospital to arrange the ambulance.
St. Joseph General Hospital began in 1999–2000 with Maternity, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology departments. In 2022, under the leadership of Most Rev. A. Rayappan, Bishop of Salem and Chairman of LRRC, the hospital was renovated, expanded with new infrastructure and renamed St. Joseph Speciality Hospital. It serves the general public at subsidised cost and functions round the clock.
A Laminar Flow Operation Theatre was constructed, blessed and inaugurated by Bishop A. Rayappan, along with a canteen facility for outpatients, an ENT Department and a 6-bed ICU block.
The hospital manages tuberculosis patients in association with the Government of Tamil Nadu, and received an award from the Government of Tamil Nadu for its TB Project in 2022.
On 26 October 2024, with the Salem District Association of the Differently Abled, the hospital held a medical camp for differently abled persons. Around 200 attended, seen by a General Physician, Orthopedician, Ophthalmologist, Gynecologist, Dermatologist and Dentist.
Children affected by cerebral palsy receive subsidised treatment and physiotherapy. On Holy Innocents’ Day 2024, 45 differently abled children and youth celebrated Christmas with their parents at the hospital.
All days of the week. Emergency services, surgery, blood tests, delivery and the pharmacy are available round the clock.
Consultation hours differ for each doctor. Please call before you visit to confirm when your doctor is available.
Send an appointment request online with your preferred doctor and day. The hospital will call you back to confirm a time.
Your appointment is confirmed only when the hospital calls you back.
“Let there be Light”
A hi-tech eye hospital for the people of Omalur. St. Joseph Eye Care has newly started at R.C. Chettipatty, Omalur, as part of St. Joseph Speciality Hospital — continuing the ophthalmology care the hospital has offered since 1999–2000.
Injection-free and stitch-free cataract surgery by the laser method, at low cost.
Examinations and surgeries for all eye-related problems, carried out regularly by experienced doctors at low cost.
Quality spectacles provided at low cost.
St. Joseph Institute of Allied Health Science, Omalur – 636455
In 2023, Bishop A. Rayappan approved the establishment of the St. Joseph Eye Care and Nursing Academy for rural students. Education and training are one of LRRC’s key services, offering internships and orientation programmes to paramedical students.
Students learn through classroom sessions and hands-on practical training.
Nutrition Day, games, cultural programmes and an educational tour to Black Thunder, Coimbatore are part of the academic year.
