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(a) The apex body in Health Directorate headed by Director General Railway Health Services at Railway Board, Rail Mantralaya, New Delhi .

(b) Zonal level ? There are 16 Zonal Railways. Each Zonal Railway is headed by one Chief Medical Director (CMD) with Chief Health Directors in some Zones and 2 to 3 Dy.CMDs assisted by few Group ?B? officers.

(c) Divisional level ? Mostly headed by Chief Medical Superintendents. In some places Sr. Medical Superintendents are working as in-charge.

Railway Hospitals

There are total - 125 Railway Hospitals Private Recognised Hospitals - 133

Total No. of indoor beds - 13963 Specialist Doctors in Hospitals

(A)Zone wise list of Railway Hospitals

A.1 Central Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Byculla, Mumbai	366
(ii) Div. Hospital , Bhusawal	260
(iii) Div. Hospital Nagpur	185
(iv) Div. Hospital Kalyan	120
(v) Div. Hospital Sholapur	89
(vi) Div. Hospital Pune	43
(vii) Sub Div. Hospital , Amla (Nagpur Div.)	20
(viii) Sub Div. Hospital , Daund (Sholapur Div.)	34
(ix ) Sub Div. Hospital , Igatpuri (Mumbai Div)	20
(x) Sub Div. Hospital , Kurduwadi ( Sholapur Div)	35
(xi) Sub Div. Hospital ,Manmad (Bhusawal)	19
Total	1291
A.2 Eastern Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , B.R.Singh E.Rly. Sealdah/Kolkata	461
(ii) Div. Hospital , Asansol	220
(iii) Div. Hospital Howrah	179
(iv) Div. Hospital Malda	100
(v) Sub Div. Hospital , Andal (Asansol Div.)	50
(vi) Production Unit Hospital C.L.W./Chittaranjan	220
(vii) Workshop Hospital , Jamalpur	252
(viii) Workshop Hospital Kanchrapara	220
(ix) Workshop Hospital Liluah	101
( x) Metro Railway Hospital/Tollygunj	30
Total	1833
A.3 East Central Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital Patna	150
(ii) Div. Hospital , Danapur	202
(iii) Div. Hospital Dhanbad	130
(iv) Div. Hospital Mughalsarai	156
(v) Div. Hospital Sonpur	80
(vi) Div. Hospital Samastipur	163
(vii) Sub Div. Hospital , Gharhara	56
(viii) Sub Div. Hospital Gaya (Mughalsarai Div.)	57
(ix) Workshop Hospital Patratu (Dhanbad Div.)	30
Total	1024
A.4 East Coast Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Bhubneswar	56
(ii) Div. Hospital , Vishakhapatnam	154
(iii) Div. Hospital , Khurda Road	80
(iv) Div. Hospital , Sambalpur	35
Total	325
A.5 Northern Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , New Delhi ,	392
(ii) Div. Hospital , Lucknow/Charbagh	275
(iii) Div. Hospital , Moradabad	119
(iv) Div. Hospital , Firozpur	85
(v) Div. Hospital , Ambala	60
(vi) Div. Hospital , Delhi	50
(vii) Sub Div. Hospital , Amritsar (Firozpur Div.)	50
(viii) Sub Div. Hospital , RDSO/Lucknow	30
(ix) Sub Div. Hospital , Saharanpur (Ambala Div)	15
(x) Workshop Hospital Jagadhari	55
(xi) Workshop Hospital DLMW/Patiala	30
(xii) Production Unit Hospital , Kapurthala	60
Total	1221
A.6 North Central Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Allahabad	175
(ii) Div. Hospital , Jhansi	205
(iii) Div. Hospital Agra	60
(iv) Sub Div. Hospital , Tundla (Allahabad Div.)	75
(v) Sub Div.Hospital, Kanpur ( Allahabad Div.	71
Total	586
A.7 North Eastern Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Gorakhpur	366
(ii) Div. Hospital , Varanasi	166
(iii) Div. Hospital , Izzatnagar	136
(iv) Div. Hospital , Lucknow/Badshah Nagar	82
(v) Sub Div. Hospital , Gonda (Lucknow Div.)	70
(vi) Production Unit Hospital D.L.W./Varanasi	105
(vii) Special Hospital for Cancer treatment C.R.I./Varanasi	137
Total	1062
A.8 Northeast Frontier Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Maligoan, Guwahati	317
(ii) Div. Hospital , Lumding	141
(iii) Div. Hospital , Katihar	130
(iv) Div. Hospital , Alipurduar	111
(v) Div. Hospital , Newbongaigaon	75
(vi) Div. Hospital , Dibrugarh Tinsukia	90
(vii) Sub Div. Hospital New Jalpaiguri, (Katihar Div.)	100
(viii) Sub Div. Hospital , Badarpur (Lumding Div.)	57
(ix) Sub Div. Hospital , New Tinsukia (Tinsukia Div)	25
(x) Sub Div. Hospital , Rangapara North (Rangia Div)	40
Total	1086
A.9 North Western Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Jaipur	86
(ii) Div. Hospital , Ajmer	206
(iii) Div. Hospital , Jodhpur	117
(iv) Div. Hospital , Bikaner	100
(v) Sub Div. Hospital , Abu Road (Ajmer Div.)	24
(vi) Sub Div. Hospital , Bandikui(Jaipur Div.)	18
(vii) Sub Div. Hospital , Rewari (Jaipur Div)	20
(viii) Sub Div. Hospital , Rana Pratap Nagar (Ajmer Div)	9
Total	580
A.10 Southern Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Perambur, Chennai	505
(ii) Div. Hospital , Tiruchirapalli, Golden Rock	197
(iii) Div. Hospital , Palghat	106
(iv) Div. Hospital , Madurai	115
(v) Div. Hospital , Arakkonam	50
(vi) Div. Hospital , Trivandrum	50
(vii) Production Unit Hospital , ICF/Perambur	101
(viii) Sub Div. Hospital, Villupuram (Trichi Div.)	26
(ix) Sub Div. Hospital,, Podanur (Palghat Div.)	28
(x) Sub Div. Hospital, Erode (Palghat Div)	30
(xi) Sub Div. Hospital, Shoranur (Palghat Div.)	24
Total	1232
A.11 South Central Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hosp., Lallaguda, Secunderabad	300
(ii) Div. Hospital , Vijaywada	203
(iii) Div. Hospital , Guntakal	131
(iv) Div. Hospital Nanded	30
(v) Sub Div. Hospital , Purna	25
(vi) Workshop Hospital Re-ayanapadu (Vijaywada Div)	25
Total	684

A12 South Eastern Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , S.E.R./Kolkata	303
(ii) Div. Hospital , Kharagpur	340
(iii) Div. Hospital , Adra	198
(iv) Div. Hospital,Chakradharpur	100
(v) Div. Hospital Ranchi	50
(vi) Sub Div. Hospital ,Tata Nagar (Chakradharpur Div.)	55
(vii) Sub Div.Hospital, Bondamunda (Chakradharpur Div.)	65
Total	1111
A13 South East Central Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Bilaspur	105
(ii) Divv. HospitalRaipur	50
(iii) Sub Div. Hospital , Nainpur (Nagpur Div.)	10
(iv) Sub Div.Hospital, Bhilai Marshalling Yard (Raipur Div)	30
(v) Sub Div.Hospital, Shahdol (Bilaspur Div.)	10
Total	250
A14 South Western Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Hubli	149
(ii) Div. Hospital , Mysore	101
(iii) Div. Hospital , Bangalore	50
(iv) Production Unit/Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore	46
Total	346
A.15 Western Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Jagjivan Ram Hosp Mumbai.	330
(ii) Div. Hospital , Ratlam	125
(iii) Div. Hospital , Bhavnagar	107
(iv) Div. Hospital , Vadodara	96
(v) Div. Hospital , Rajkot	79
(vi) Div. Hospital , Sabarmati	50
(vii) Workshop Hosp. Dahod	130
(viii) Sub Div. Hosp., Valsad (Mumbai Div.)	42
(ix) Sub Div. Hospital, Gandhidham(Ahmedabad Div)	17
Total	976
A.16 West Central Railway Hospital	No. of beds
(i) Central Hospital , Jabalpur	125
(ii) Div. Hospital , Kota	104
(iii) Div. Hospital , Bhopal	60
(iv) Sub Div. Hospital , Ganganagar City ( Kota Div.)	50
(v) Sub Div.Hospital, Bina (Bhopal Div.)	37
(vi) Sub Div. Hospital , Itarsi ( Bhopal Div)	25
(vii) Sub Div. Hospital , New Katni Jn. (Jabalpur Div.)	25
Total	426
(B)Classification according to the Bed strength
No. of Indoor beds	No. of Hospitals
(i)Less than 51 beds	44
(ii) From 51 ? 100 beds	28
(iii)From 101 ? 200 beds	33
(iv) From 201 ? 300 beds	11
(v)From 301 ? 400 beds	7
(vi)From 401 ? 500 beds	1
(vii)More than 500 beds	1
Total	125
(C) Functional basis classification
(i) Zonal Hospital s	16
(ii) Divisional Hospitals	56
(iii) Sub Divisional Hospitals	37
(iv) Production Unit Hospitals	5
(v) Workshop Hospitals	9
(vi) Special Hosp./C.R.I./Varana	1
(vii Metro Hospital	1
Total	125
4.3 Railway Health Units / Polyclinics
A zone wise list of health unit / polyclinic
Name of the Zone	No. of Health Units/Polyclinics
Central Railway	32
Eastern Railway	52
East Central Railway	40
East Coast Railway	27
Northern Railway	62
North Central Railway	29
North Eastern Railway	26
Northeast Frontier Railway	47
North Western Railway	30
Southern Railway	42
South Central Railway	44
South Eastern Railway	38
South East Central Railway	20
South Western Railway	20
Western Railway	58
West Central Railway	19
Total	586

Manpower Available

5.1 Gazetted Cadre

A.         Regularly Appointed Medical Officers
                        (Called IRMS cadre)
                        Total 2506 numbers

A 1 Scale with break up

Scale		No. of posts
DG/RHS (Rs 80000/- fixed)	:	1
HAG (Rs67,000 to Rs 79,000)	:	12
Pin Point SAG (Rs 37,000 to Rs 67,000)+ Grade pay 10,000 +	:	152
NFSG + JAG + SS + Jr Scale	:	2341
Total	:	2506

A 2

General duty Medical officers & specialist doctors	:	2461
Dental Surgeon	:	45
Total	:	2506
In addition Approx. 1000 Senior Residents/Junior Residents, House Officers, etc are working over Indian Railways

B. Other Medical Officers working in various Rly Hospitals

B.1. Visiting specialists: Total as available 575

Maximum Number of Honorary Visiting Specialists that can be engaged

Names of Railway Hospitals	Maximum number that can be engaged
1.1 For Central Hospitals of C.Rly., E.Rly, N.Rly., S.Rly.,S.ERly. & W.Rly.	15X6 = 90
15 Nos. in each of the Hospital
1.2. For Central Hospitals of N.ERailway, N.F. Railway & S.C.Railway. -	10X3 = 30
10 Nos. in each of the Hospital
1.3. For Central Hospitals for Newly formed Zones E.C.Rly., ECo.Rly., N.C.Rly.,N.W.Rly., S.E.C. Rly. , S. W.Rly. & W.C.Rly.	10X7= 70
10 Nos. in each of the Hospital
1.4. Ten Number of Major/Special Railway Hospitals	6X10=60
1.C.Rly.Hospital - Nagpur. 2. C.Rly Hospital - Bhusawal. 3. E.Rly.Hospital - Asansol. 4. N.Rly.Hospital - CharbaghL,ucknow 5. N.C.Rly.Hospital - Jhansi. 6. N.E.Rly.Hospital ? CRI/Varanasi. 7. N.W.Rly.Hospital,. Ajmer.. 8. S.Rly.Hospital - Tiruchirapally. 9. S.C.Rly.Hospital - Vijaywada. 10.S.E.Rly. Hospital - Kharagpur.	6 Nos in each of the Hospital
1.5. 43 Nos. of Divisional Hospitals	4X43=172
4 Nos in each of the Hospital.
(List of 43 Divisional Hospitals enclosed at Annexure- ’A’) Available under Folder ?Circulars?
1.6. 30 balance number of Sub-Divisional/Production Units	3X30=90
Workshop based Hospitals/Extra Divisional Hospitals (There are in total 53 such hospitals, out of which, Order for 21X3 such hospitals have been issued. For 2 hospitals it is not recommended at present.) 3 in each of these Hospitals . ( List of 30 number of above such Hospitals is given in Annexure ’8’) Available under Folder ?Circulars?
	Total= 512 +63
2. These will replace the existing Honorary Consultants. Tenure of these Consultants should not be extended if a Honorary Visiting specialist is being taken in lieu. With the implementation of this scheme, the Honorary Visiting Specialists will be giving consultations & performing operations and other advice as required. They would be performing operations also in the Railway Hospitals, and those cases which require referral and the condition of that patient is such that it is manageable during operation and post operative period in that Railway Hospital, will not be referred to Private/Govt. hospitals, for the specialty for which visiting specialists are available in that Railway Hospital. It is further clarified that few high risk patients will still be required to be referred to higher medical Centres

Railway	DNB	House Staff
Central Railway	19	9
Eastern Railway	24	10
East Central Railway	--	--
East Coast Railway	--	--
Northern Railway	37	12
North Central Railway	--	--
North Eastern Railway	9	12
Northeast Frontier Railway	15	8
North West Railway	--	--
Southern Railway	55	13
South Central Railway	6	9
South Eastern Railway	15	10
South East Central Railway	--	--
South Western Railway	--	--
Western Railway	24	18
West Central Railway	--	--

C. Group B Officers

Designation		Total No.of Posts
Assistant Nursing Officer	:	110
Assistant Pharmacy Officer	:	23
Assistant Health Education Officer	:	9
Assistant Physiotherapy Officer	:	7
Assistant Health Officer	:	43
Assistant Dietetics Officer	:	2
Total	:	194

5.2 Non-gazetted Cadre

	Total No. of posts
	C	D
For Hospital & Health Units Salary from 11-210	12682	15926
For Sanitation work Salary from 11-310	1492	24237
Total	14174	40163
Grand Total	54337

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