AOI Kannur Chapter was formed in the year 1993 when a few like minded ENT surgeons of Kannur urged the need for a platform to meet and discuss their problems and achievements and also to interact with one another with personal and family involvement and ultimately to do social justice committed to the society. And subsequently Dr MK Prabhakaran was installed as the Founder President, Dr Mohan Chandran as the Founder Secretary and Dr Vinod Kumar as the Founder Treasurer of AOI Kannur Chapter with 12 members. Late Dr AK Gangadharan and Dr M Raveendran were the patrons whose timely advice and help boosted the enthusiasm and morale of the members to reach to the present state.
Since the beginning itself the activities of AOI Kannur Chapter was very encouraging and more and more members started joining. Most of the meetings were with scientific deliberations by our own fraternity and allied specialties and invited faculties of great reputation. Family meetings were also conducted with various games and variety entertainments.
At every meeting charity box is circulated and members contribute some amount of their choice voluntarily and this amount is being used as help to poor patients recommended by the members, as financial aid to natural calamity victims and to support our own ailing members.
It is with deep sense of sorrow that we remember Dr AK Gangadharan and Dr Sreekumar who left us to the heavenly abode and may their souls rest in peace.
Fort St. Angelo’s: This fort, located in the West of Kannur town, was built in 1505 by the first Portuguese Viceroy, Don Francisco De Almeida with the permission of the Kolathiris, on the promontory jutting into the Lakshadweep sea. The Dutch captured the fort in 1663 and sold it to the Ali Raja of Kannur in 1772, and in 1790 it came into the possession of the British. The British rebuilt it and made it their most important station in Malabar. This fort is in a fairly good state of preservation though some parts of it have collapsed. A few ancient cannons are on display inside the fort. The fort, a protected monument, is taken care of by the Archaeological Survey of India.
Snake Park at Parassinikadavu: This Park is dedicated to the preservation and conservation of snakes that are facing extinction. Situated 18 km away from Kannur town, it is home to a large collection of poisonous and non-poisonous snakes. Snake demonstrations conducted here every hour draw large crowds of tourists.
Ezhimala: Situated 55 km from Kannur, Ezhimala has a beautiful beach with a hillock nearby (286 m high). Carved stone pillars and an ancient burial chamber can be seen at the foot of the hillock. The Ezhimala hills are noted for rare medicinal herbs with mythological significance. The beach sand is of a differenttexture and the sea is bluer than in other areas.