The first major project undertaken by GEMS was to establish a charitable hospital at Mavelikara in 1982. The Hospital was established at a cost of US$ 600,000 initially and additional Rs 140 lakhs subsequently.

Situated in a total of more than three acres land, in the central part of Mavelikkara town near Railway station, Bus Stand and other facilities. The hospital has a built up area of 28,000 Sq ft providing accommodation for 150 inpatients in 57 rooms at a time.

The hospital offers free and subsidized medical aid to thousands of economically weaker sections of the society as well specialized health care for the affluent in general. The hospital at present has the following specialities:

Gems Family Counseling Centre, supported by Kerala State Social Welfare Board, serves the maladjusted, disrupted and problem-ridden families from the surrounding rural areas. It focuses on assistance to women and children suffering from atrocities and stressful situations.

Regular free medical camps are held by the hospital staff in the outlying areas of Mavelikara Town, which has benefited lakhs of economically weaker sections of the people in that area for the past twenty years.