Divisional Railway Hospital, Golden Rock
| Divisional Railway Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Southern Railway zone | |
Main entrance of the hospital
|
|
| Geography | |
| Location | Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates | 10°47′04″N 78°43′31″E / 10.7845°N 78.7253°ECoordinates: 10°47′04″N 78°43′31″E / 10.7845°N 78.7253°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Hospital type | Full-service medical center |
| Patron | Dr. V. K. Ramteke (DG/RHS) |
| Network | Indian Railway Hospitals |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 197 |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Links | |
| Website | Railway Health Directorate |
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.
The hospital is located amidst the Railway Quarters in Golden Rock, near the Golden Rock Railway Workshop and Golden Rock Shandy. Established in 1927 by the erstwhile South Indian Railway Company, it is the oldest hospital in the Southern Railway zone – older than the Zonal hospital at Perambur, which was constructed in 1928. It is part of Indian Railway Medical Services, which maintains a large network of hospitals – 56 divisional and 9 zonal.
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. 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. As of 2016, the officer in charge of the hospital is the Chief Medical Officer, Dr R. Soundararajan, an orthopod, who reports to Dr P. Velusamy, the Chief Medical Superintendent for the Tiruchirappalli railway division.
...
Wikipedia