By UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has donated equipment worth nearly Rs 12 lakh to the urology department of the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital.
Following a request from Dr Haris Chirakkal, Head of the Department of Urology at the Medical College Hospital, UST handed over a Hopkins Telescope 0°, 4 mm, 30 cm and Hopkins Telescope 30°, 4 mm, 30 cm, essential for urology surgeries. These telescopes, known as cystoscopes, are used for Cystoscopy and TURP procedures. These equipment, which are thin, lighted optical instruments with a lens or camera at one end, allow urologists to visualize the urethra and bladder.
The request from Dr. Haris was approved by UST in March this year, paving the way for the hand over. The equipment were handed over to the Department of Urology on July 2, 2025 by a team from UST. While the UST team comprised Sunil Balakrishnan, Chief Values Officer and Global Head of Development Center Operations; Harikrishnan Mohankumar Jayasree, Senior Director, Workplace Management and Operations; Vineeth Mohanan, CSR Lead; Roshni Das K, PR & Marketing – Kerala; the Medical college Thiruvananthapuram was represented by Dr P K Jabbar, Principal, Medical college; Dr Sunil Kumar B S, Superintendent, Medical college hospital Dr. Haris Chirakkal, Professor of Urology.
“We, at UST, are glad that we could donate the equipment required by the Department of Urology at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital. Further to Dr. Haris Chirakkal’s request regarding this, the UST team evaluated the possibility and made sure that two cystoscopes were made available,” said Sunil Balakrishnan, Chief Values Officer and Global Head of Development Centre Operations, UST. “It is indeed heartening that UST responded to our request and speedily handed over two cystoscopes that would aid in surgical procedures that are undertaken at the Urology department of the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital. This gesture from the largest IT employer in the state comes as a great help,” said Dr Haris Chirakkal, Head, Department of Urology, Medical College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram.
