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'''Thanthai Periyar Government Hospital''' is a [[public]] [[health care facility]] situated in [[Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. Also known as '''''Government Headquarters Hospital (GHQH)-Erode''''' is a District Headquarters Hospital. It is located at the center of the city, off the arterial road connecting [[Erode Junction]] with [[Central Bus Terminus, Erode]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The Hospital was originally functioning near the [[Abdul Gani Textile Market]] in [[Panneerselvam Park]], which was then shifted to the present location in 1955. During that, [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]] sponsored a share for this hospital. It is a 700 bedded Tertiary care hospital with 75 medical officers, serving this region.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dinakaran.com/District_Detail.asp?cat=504&Nid=974135 | title=சூப்பர் ஸ்பெஷாலிட்டியாக மாற்றம் அரசு மருத்துவமனைக்கு ரூ.80.81 கோடி ஒதுக்கீடு &#124; ஈரோடு - Dinakaran | access-date=12 April 2020 | archive-date=23 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123070410/https://www.dinakaran.com/District_Detail.asp?cat=504&Nid=974135 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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In 2019, the Government of Tamil Nadu announced that this hospital will be upgraded as Multi Super Speciality Hospital providing all the tertiary care facilities.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/jul/18/to-prevent-suicides-counselling-centres-to-be-set-up-in-tamil-nadu-government-hospitals-2005617.html | title=To prevent suicides, counselling centres to be set up in Tamil Nadu government hospitals | date=18 July 2019 | newspaper=The New Indian Express | accessdate=14 July 2020 }}</ref> <br />
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A B+G+8 storeyed additional building for the super speciality hospital has been constructed at a cost of Rs.80.81 Crores along with the appointment of 20 new medical officers and several other staffs.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://cms.tn.gov.in/sites/default/files/go/hfw_t_520_2019.pdf | title=ஆணை | language=ta | trans-title=Order | publisher=Director Medical and Rural Welfare Department}}</ref><br />
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In April 2020, during the [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Tamil Nadu]] this hospital has been notified as Corona speciality hospital for treating Covid-19 cases, apart from the earlier notified [[Erode Medical College|Erode Medical College Hospital]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailythanthi.com/Districts/Chennai/2020/04/11230853/Erode-Government-Hospital-with-184-beds-was-converted.vpf |title=கொரோனா சிகிச்சைக்காக 184 படுக்கைகளுடன் ஈரோடு அரசு ஆஸ்பத்திரி சிறப்பு மருத்துவமனையாக மாற்றம் |access-date=12 April 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412063611/https://www.dailythanthi.com/Districts/Chennai/2020/04/11230853/Erode-Government-Hospital-with-184-beds-was-converted.vpf |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Erode Medical College|Govt. Erode Medical College & Hospital (GEMCH)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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