Philip Augustine

Philip Augustine
Born
Pallikkara, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
OccupationGastroenterologist
Children4, including Dr.Cyriac Abby Philips
AwardsPadma Shri
Websitewww.paa.org.in

Philip Augustine is an Indian gastroenterologist, specialist in gastrointestinal endoscopy and a hospital administrator from Ernakulam, Kerala.[1] He founded the Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre in 2003.[2] In 2010, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, for his services to the fields of medicine.[3]

Biography

Philip Augustine was born in Kaduthuruthy, Kerala.[4] Choosing medical profession, he secured his MD from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, in 1975, with a Gold Medal.

Augustine started his professional career at a clinic in the town of Koothattukulam.[4] Later, he specialised in Gastroenterology and had training in ultrasonography and endoscopy at various institutions.

In 1996, Augustine launched the work on the Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre. The hospital was opened in 2003.[5]

Augustine is married, has four children and presently lives in Palarivattom, Kochi, Kerala.[6]

Legacy

The primary contribution of Augustine is the hospital he found in 1996, along with a bunch of doctors and businessmen, the Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre, which became operational in 2003. The hospital, has, over the years, grown to become one of the leading multi speciality health care centres in Kerala[5] and is stated to have several firsts to its credit.[1][7] The hospital is certified by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers.[4]

Besides, Augustine is credited as the first to report on Crohn's disease in the country in 1995, which he submitted at the national conference of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. He also led a team of doctors who first reported Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangites or Oriental Cholangiopathy in India.[4]

Positions

Publications

Augustine has published a book on bowel diseases which serves as a reference book on the subject. He has also published several scientific journals and has contributed chapters on pancreasis in medical text books.[1]

Controversy

In 2023, Dr. Philip Augustine, founder of Lakeshore Hospital in Kochi, was named among the accused in a case concerning the alleged illegal transplantation of organs from an 18-year-old accident victim in 2009.[9][10] According to court proceedings, he had signed the brain stem death certificate, and the Ernakulam Judicial First Class Magistrate Court found sufficient grounds to initiate a trial under provisions of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994.[11][9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "LS credits". YouTube. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Lakeshore". Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Title unknown". The Hindu. 26 March 2010. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b "LS Profile". Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  6. ^ "residence". Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Augustine, Philip. "Let's talk Part One". Let's Talk (Interview). Interviewed by Aswathy. Kochi. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Crohn's India". Facebook. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  9. ^ a b Service, Express News (14 June 2023). "Organ donation row: Court accepts on file case against doctors of 2 hospitals". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  10. ^ a b Rajendran, Haritha John,Dhanya (15 June 2023). "Young Kerala man's organs allegedly transplanted by hospital without him brain dead". The News Minute. Retrieved 16 October 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (15 June 2023). "Court notice to hospital, nine doctors on complaint of violation of Transplantation of Human Organs Act". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 October 2025. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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