Taluk Hospital on T M Muhammad Road in Kunnumpuram at Fort Kochi is one of the oldest centres of medical care in Kerala. The hospital buildings are of colonial heritage, as they were built during the British period. The date of the establishment of the Fort Kochi Taluk Hospital is not clear. Local historian and former Mayor of Kochi K J Sohan says that it is certain the Fort Kochi Taluk Hospital functioned during British rule.