AC Shanmughadas Memorial Ayurvedic Child & Adolescent Care Centre situated in Thalakkulathur Grama Panchayath of Kozhikode District. It was started as a paediatric OP in 2012 at District Ayurveda Hospital and in 2013 Jilla Panchayath has taken it up and started the project ‘Spandanam’ which focusses on learning & behavioural problems of children apart from general illnesses. Along with Ayurvedic medication and Panchakarma therapy, services from departments of Learning Assessment and Remedial Training, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Clinical Yoga, Psychology are also provided for the needy child and caregivers. In 2015 the hospital came up at Purakkattiri with 30 bed facility. Cerebral Palsy, Autism, ADHD etc. are well treated in the hospital. Apart from the individual therapies, group therapy, parental education programs, school remedial program and awareness classes are also conducted. Right from 2015 about 2,78,000 children were benefited from this institution. The Social Security Mission during their visit in 14-09-2019 suggested the importance of starting such a project state wide. Spandanam was selected as the best project during National AYUSH Conclave in 2019.