General Hospital, Ernakulam is a state owned hospital in Kochi, India. It is managed as part of the public health system of the government of Kerala. It was founded by the King of the Kochi princely state in 1845 and was handed over to the government of Kerala following independence of India and the following state restructuring. Like any other hospital part of the public health system in India the Ernakulam General Hospital too is funded solely by the state government, and all the services are highly subsidised. Treatment for citizens classified under the Below Poverty Line category is fully subsidised. Most of the government spending on health care schemes are dispensed through the public health system, and for the area under the jurisdiction of the corporation of Kochi, the General Hospital is the prime dispensing outlet for these schemes.