Fertility, Fetomaternal Medicine, Endoscopic Surgery, High Risk Pregnancy, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Neonatology, Mind Body Medicine, Genetics. The first IVF centre of northern Kerala was launched in September 1996 as a project of Edappal Hospitals (P) Ltd, Edappal. In fact, it was the Infertility Division of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology department of this hospital who did pioneering work in endoscopy and related fields which was transformed into CIMAR, when the IVF facilities were added. Naturally CIMAR became the leader in infertility treatment in northern Kerala.