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Railway hospital in Tamil Nadu, India
Hospital in Tamil Nadu, India
The Divisional Railway Hospital , also known as the Ponmalai railway hospital , is a secondary hospital in Golden Rock , in the Tiruchirappalli district , Tamil Nadu , India . This hospital is managed by the Southern Railway zone 's Tiruchirappalli railway division . It serves active and retired Indian Railway employees and their families.
History
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The hospital is located amidst the Railway Quarters in Golden Rock , near the Golden Rock Railway Workshop [2] and Golden Rock Shandy . Established in 1927 by the erstwhile South Indian Railway Company ,[3] it is the oldest hospital in the Southern Railway zone – older than the Zonal hospital at Perambur , which was constructed in 1928.[4] It is part of Indian Railway Medical Services , which maintains a large network of hospitals – 56 divisional and 9 zonal.[5]
Administration
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The personnel health care in Indian Railways is managed by the Director General of Railway Health Services under the Railway Health Directorate, an apex body at the Railway Board .[6] The Chief Medical Director of the Southern Railway zone oversees the health affairs at the zonal level, under which five divisional hospitals function at Arakkonam , Madurai , Palakkad , Thiruvananthapuram , and Golden Rock , headed by Chief Medical Superintendents.[7] As of 2016, the officer in charge of the hospital is the Chief Medical Officer ,[b] Dr R. Soundararajan,[8] an orthopod , who reports to Dr P. Velusamy, the Chief Medical Superintendent for the Tiruchirappalli railway division .[9] [a]
Background
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Emergency ward
Being one of 56 divisional railway hospitals in India,[1] the hospital functions exclusively for the benefit of serving and retired railway employees and their families,[10] comprising about 100,000 people[4] belonging to the Tiruchirappalli railway division and spanning 10 districts of Tamil Nadu .[11] [12] Besides this main facility, the hospital also maintains a 25-bed sub-divisional Hospital at Villupuram and eight Railway Health Units/Polyclinic at Tiruchirappalli Junction , Tiruchirappalli Fort , Srirangam , Vriddhachalam , Tiruvannamalai , Thanjavur , Mayiladuthurai , and Tiruvarur .[4] [13]
Facilities
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New Surgical Ward
The hospital has 21 full-time doctors in eight departments: General medicine ,General Surgery ,gynaecology , Paediatrics ,ophthalmology , anaesthesiology , physiotheraphy and orthopediatrics . These are supplemented with a clinical laboratory , digital X-ray unit, ultrasound scan , operation theater , casualty department , ambulance , treadmill , intensive care unit , and blood bank facilities.[14] Additionally, specialists in the field of urology , pulmonology , cardiology ,psychiatry , dermatology and dental surgery are regularly engaged on an ad hoc basis for the patients with weekly once OPDs.
Developments
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The hospital, which is visited by about 600 outpatients daily,[10] also has 197 beds for inpatients ,[4] including the 2016 addition of a 100-bed surgical ward.[15] The building that once housed the isolation ward was renovated at a cost of ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000) with 12 beds for the sake of inpatients' attendants, with basic amenities for free of cost.[14] About 5 LED television sets and playing equipment for the children at hospital were donated from the Railway Staff Benefit fund.[16] An orthopaedic block with 57 beds was constructed at the second floor of the surgical ward, covering an area about 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft ) and costing ₹ 1.65 crore (US$200,000); also installed were a ₹ 25 lakh (US$30,000) bed lift and an automated analyser and mechanical ventilator at a cost of ₹ 2.52 lakh (US$3,000) and ₹ 2.99 lakh (US$3,600), respectively.[17]
See also
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Notes
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^ a b The administrators may change from time to time for administrative reasons.
^ Also Officially known as Divisional Medical Officer.
References
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^ Shreenesh, Raman (22 April 2013). "Hic! Here's the secret of patients in high spirits" . The New Indian Express . Tiruchy. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ a b c d "About Medical Branch – Trichchirappalli Division" (PDF) . Southern Railway zone . Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016 .
^ "Health Directorate" . Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016 – via Internet Archive .{{cite web }}
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^ "Facilities – Health Directorate" . Indian Railways . Railway Board . Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ "Organisation – Headquarters" (PDF) . Southern Railway zone . pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ "Trichy railway station food vendors briefed on hygiene, quality" . The Times of India . Trichy . 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ "Organisation Structure" (PDF) . Southern Railway zone . p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ a b R. Rajaram (6 May 2014). "Ponmalai railway hospital to create database of diabetic patients" . The Hindu . Tiruchi. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ Rajaram, R. (6 June 2012). "130 unmanned gates identified for closure in Tiruchi Division" . The Hindu . Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ "Jurisdiction map of the Division" (PDF) . Southern Railway zone . Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ "Southern Railway – Health Units" (PDF) . Indian Railways . Railway Board. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ a b "Attendants' block opened at Railway Hospital" . The Hindu . Tiruchi. 25 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ "Kallakudi Palanganatham-Ariyalur railway line nearing completion" . The Hindu . Tiruchi. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ "Railway staff honoured" . The Hindu . Tiruchi. 5 July 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ "New orthopaedic block opened at railway hospital" . The Hindu . Tiruchi. 9 March 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
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