New Railway Hospital building at Erode opened today

Shri Shubhranshu, opening the new Divisional Hospital Building, Right to him: Sri Nandagopal, DEN, On Left: Dr. M. Prasannakumar, CMD, Sri Ma. Vignavelu, SrDEN, Dr.A. Kalanidhi, CMS & Dr.M.Narashimham, ACMS

Staff and Officers of Salem Division with Shri Shubhranshu

The culvert for inauguration

Front of the new Divisional Railway Hospital Building

Reception area of the new Divisional Railway Hospital Building 

        Long view of the Reception area of the new Divisional Railway Hospital Building 

The new building for the Salem Divisional Railway Hospital has been declared open by Sri Shubhranshu, Divisional Railway Manager, Salem, today (29.03.2016) at Erode, in the presence of Dr. M. Prasanna Kumar, Chief Medical Director, Southern Railway, Dr. A. Kalanidhi, Chief Medical Superintendent, Salem Division, Dr. M. Narasimham, Addl. Chief Medical Superintendent, Salem Division, other Salem Division Officers and employees. The New Divisional Hospital is situated in the Railway Colony behind the Erode Junction, has been constructed at a total cost of Rs.5.5 crores. The Erode Railway Hospital has multi-speciality wings, hi-tech intensive care unit, labour ward, surgical ward, operation theatre, paediatric ward, and additional laboratories and modern medical equipments such as multipara monitor, defibrillator, pulse oscillometer, foetal monitor, and ENT and anesthetic equipment, costing about Rs.45 lakhs have been installed therein.  The hospital has 60 bed capacity as on date and the same will be expanded in due course.

Erode has been the hub of railway activities with various railway institutions such as Diesel Loco Shed, Electric Loco Shed, Railway Schools, etc. with a sizeable number of Salem Railway Division employees, and is easily accessible by train from every part of the Division, such as Salem, Coimbatore, Tirupur and Karur, because of its central location. Hence, it was decided to locate the Divisional Railway Hospital at Erode, with a view to benefit about 10,250 Railway employees of Salem Division.

While speaking on the occasion, Sri Shubhranshu, said that the new building has been provided for the Erode Railway Hospital with a view to provide specialized medical attendance to more number of railway employees and hoped that in future the Erode Railway Hospital would develop into a multi-specialty railway medical hub, to serve railway employees from all over the nation.

Sri Ma. Vignavelu, Sr. Divl. Engineer/Co-ordination, Salem Division, Sri. S. Rengarajan, Sr. Divl. Electrical Engineer, Salem Division, Sri. Nandagopal, Divisional Engineer, Salem Division, and other Officers/employees of Salem Division, attended the opening function in a large number.