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{{short description|Railway hospital in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox hospital
| name = Divisional Railway Hospital
| org_group = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| country = [[India]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1927}}
| logo =
| logo_size =
| image = DRH Front.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| alt = Main entrance of the hospital
| caption = Main entrance of the hospital
| coordinates = {{coord|10.7845|78.7253|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli]]
| region = [[Tiruchirappalli district]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| healthcare = 
| funding = Public
| type = Full-service medical center
| affiliation =
| patron = Dr. V. K. Ramteke ({{abbr|DG/RHS|Director General/Railway Health Service}})<ref name="dg">{{cite web|title=About Us – Health Directorate|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/health/index.jsp|website=[[Indian Railways]]|publisher=[[Railway Board]]|access-date=5 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912004010/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/health/index.jsp|archive-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>{{efn|name=fn1|The administrators may change from time to time for administrative reasons.}}
| network = Indian Railway Hospitals
| standards =
| emergency = Yes
| helipad = No
| beds = 197
| speciality =
| closed =
| demolished =
| website = {{URL|http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/health/index.jsp|Railway Health Directorate}}
| other_links =
| module =
}}

The '''Divisional Railway Hospital''', also known as the '''''Ponmalai railway hospital''''', is a [[secondary hospital]] in [[Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli|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 ==
The hospital is located amidst the Railway Quarters in [[Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli|Golden Rock]], near the [[Golden Rock Railway Workshop]]<ref name="grws">{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Facility-for-railway-staff-in-dire-straits/2013/04/18/article1549907.ece|title=Facility for railway staff in dire straits|date=18 April 2013|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|location=[[Tiruchy]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912004819/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Facility-for-railway-staff-in-dire-straits/2013/04/18/article1549907.ece|archive-date=12 September 2016|last1=Shreenesh|first1=Raman|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> and [[Golden Rock Shandy]]. Established in 1927 by the erstwhile [[South Indian Railway Company]],<ref name="hic">{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Hic-Here%E2%80%99s-the-secret-of-patients-in-high-spirits/2013/04/22/article1555607.ece|title=Hic! Here's the secret of patients in high spirits|date=22 April 2013|work=The New Indian Express|location=Tiruchy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820011105/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Hic-Here%E2%80%99s-the-secret-of-patients-in-high-spirits/2013/04/22/article1555607.ece|archive-date=20 August 2016|last1=Shreenesh|first1=Raman|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> it is the oldest hospital in the [[Southern Railway zone]] {{ndash}} older than the [[Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Chennai|Zonal hospital]] at [[Perambur]], which was constructed in 1928.<ref name="his">{{cite web|title=About Medical Branch – Trichchirappalli Division|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1322196396381-about.pdf|website=[[Southern Railway zone]]|access-date=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033255/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1322196396381-about.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|format=PDF}}</ref> It is part of [[Indian Railway Medical Services]], which maintains a large network of hospitals {{ndash}} 56 divisional and 9 zonal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/health/index.jsp |title=Health Directorate |publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=19 September 2016 |via=[[Internet Archive]] |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912004010/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/health/index.jsp |archive-date=12 September 2016 }}</ref>

== Administration ==
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]].<ref name="apex">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/health/health_1.jsp|title=Facilities – Health Directorate|website=Indian Railways|publisher=[[Railway Board]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912005634/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/health/health_1.jsp|archive-date=12 September 2016|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> 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, Tiruchirappalli|Golden Rock]], headed by Chief Medical Superintendents.<ref name="ohq">{{cite web|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1316687569610-organisation.pdf|title=Organisation – Headquarters|website=Southern Railway zone|pages=1–2|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530075230/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1316687569610-organisation.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2012|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> As of 2016, the officer in charge of the hospital is the [[Chief Medical Officer]],{{Efn|Also Officially known as Divisional Medical Officer.}} Dr R. Soundararajan,<ref name="cmo">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/Trichy-railway-station-food-vendors-briefed-on-hygiene-quality/articleshow/53973751.cms |title=Trichy railway station food vendors briefed on hygiene, quality |date=2 September 2016 |work=[[The Times of India]] |location=[[Trichy]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912010914/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/Trichy-railway-station-food-vendors-briefed-on-hygiene-quality/articleshow/53973751.cms |archive-date=12 September 2016 |access-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> an [[orthopaedic|orthopod]], who reports to Dr P. Velusamy, the Chief Medical Superintendent for the [[Tiruchirappalli railway division]].<ref name="chief">{{cite web|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1322196449900-organisation.pdf|title=Organisation Structure|website=Southern Railway zone|page=1|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415014347/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1322196449900-organisation.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2015|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref>{{Efn|name=fn1}}

== Background ==
[[File:DRH Emergency Building.jpg|thumb|[[Emergency ward]]]]
Being one of 56 divisional railway hospitals in India,<ref name="dg"/> the hospital functions exclusively for the benefit of serving and retired railway employees and their families,<ref name="excl">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/ponmalai-railway-hospital-to-create-database-of-diabetic-patients/article5981503.ece|title=Ponmalai railway hospital to create database of diabetic patients|date=6 May 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Tiruchi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912011433/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/ponmalai-railway-hospital-to-create-database-of-diabetic-patients/article5981503.ece|archive-date=12 September 2016|last1=R. Rajaram|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> comprising about 100,000 people<ref name="his"/> belonging to the [[Tiruchirappalli railway division]] and spanning 10 districts of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="trddst">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/130-unmanned-gates-identified-for-closure-in-tiruchi-division/article3496528.ece|title=130 unmanned gates identified for closure in Tiruchi Division|last=Rajaram|first=R.|date=6 June 2012|work=The Hindu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912011817/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/130-unmanned-gates-identified-for-closure-in-tiruchi-division/article3496528.ece|archive-date=12 September 2016|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="trydmap">{{cite web|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1359448578677-TPJ-JURI%20updated%20for%20hindi%20section-Model.pdf|title=Jurisdiction map of the Division|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213446/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1359448578677-TPJ-JURI%20updated%20for%20hindi%20section-Model.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|work=Southern Railway zone|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> Besides this main facility, the hospital also maintains a 25-bed sub-divisional Hospital at [[Villupuram]] and eight Railway Health Units/[[Polyclinic]] at {{rws|Tiruchirappalli Junction}}, [[Tiruchirappalli Fort]], [[Srirangam]], [[Vriddhachalam]], [[Tiruvannamalai]], [[Thanjavur]], [[Mayiladuthurai]], and [[Tiruvarur]].<ref name="his"/><ref name="srhu">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/health/pdf/facilities/sr.pdf|title=Southern Railway – Health Units|website=Indian Railways|publisher=Railway Board|page=1|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912012547/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/health/pdf/facilities/sr.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2016|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref>

== Facilities ==
[[File:DRH Surgical Ward.jpg|thumb|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.<ref name="scan">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/attendants-block-opened-at-railway-hospital/article437967.ece|title=Attendants' block opened at Railway Hospital|date=25 May 2010|work=The Hindu|location=Tiruchi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912012709/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/attendants-block-opened-at-railway-hospital/article437967.ece|archive-date=12 September 2016|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> 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 ==
The hospital, which is visited by about 600 [[Patient#Outpatients and inpatients|outpatients]] daily,<ref name="excl"/> also has 197 beds for [[Patient#Outpatients and inpatients|inpatients]],<ref name="his"/> including the 2016 addition of a 100-bed surgical ward.<ref name="bed">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/kallakudi-palanganathamariyalur-railway-line-nearing-completion/article5027784.ece|title=Kallakudi Palanganatham-Ariyalur railway line nearing completion|date=16 August 2013|work=The Hindu|location=Tiruchi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912013033/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/kallakudi-palanganathamariyalur-railway-line-nearing-completion/article5027784.ece|archive-date=12 September 2016|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> The building that once housed the isolation ward was renovated at a cost of {{INRConvert|10|l}} with 12 beds for the sake of inpatients' attendants, with basic amenities for free of cost.<ref name="scan"/> About 5 LED television sets and playing equipment for the children at hospital were donated from the Railway Staff Benefit fund.<ref name="led">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/railway-staff-honoured/article6180280.ece|title=Railway staff honoured|date=5 July 2014|work=The Hindu|location=Tiruchi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912013453/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/railway-staff-honoured/article6180280.ece|archive-date=12 September 2016|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> An orthopaedic block with 57 beds was constructed at the second floor of the surgical ward, covering an area about {{convert|1000|m2}} and costing {{INRConvert|1.65|c}}; also installed were a {{INRConvert|25|l}} bed lift and an [[automated analyser]] and [[mechanical ventilator]] at a cost of {{INRConvert|2.52|l}} and {{INRConvert|2.99|l}}, respectively.<ref name="opic">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/new-orthopaedic-block-opened-at-railway-hospital/article4490886.ece|title=New orthopaedic block opened at railway hospital|date=9 March 2013|work=The Hindu|location=Tiruchi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912013912/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/new-orthopaedic-block-opened-at-railway-hospital/article4490886.ece|archive-date=12 September 2016|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Chennai]]
* [[List of hospitals in India]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite web|last1=J. S. N. Murthy|title=Spare the railway hospital system|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/open-page-spare-the-railway-hospital-system/article7392621.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917105048/http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/open-page-spare-the-railway-hospital-system/article7392621.ece|archive-date=17 September 2016|access-date=5 September 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=7 July 2015}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
{{Tiruchirappalli}}
{{Health in Tamil Nadu}}

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[[Category:Hospitals established in 1927]]
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