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Background of B.R.Singh Hospital

In 1934, Baba Ramrick Singh, the first Indian Railway Agent and the then acting GM of Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR) established a small health unit near Sealdah Railway Station. B.R.Singh Hospital started off with just 36 beds but is now one of the best equipped railway hospitals in India which has specialists in all the departments except orthopaedics which is dealt by the speciality railway hospital at Howrah.
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B. R. Singh Hospital
Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Area of Specialization:
Tertiary care hospital for all the major disciplines. 24X7 Specialist doctors are available for major specialities.
Cater mostly to the Railway employee, their dependants and the retired Railway employee of the Eastern part of India.
Year of Establishment:1934
Complete Address:Sealdah, Kolkata, 700014
Location:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Zip Code:700014
Website URL:
http://brsingh-irms.org

Introduction & Overview
Referral center for Eastern Railway and Metro Railway. Patients are also being referred from the adjacent Railway Zones e.g. South Eastern, East Coast, East Central and North Frontier Raiways.
Divisional Hospital of the Sealdah division of Eastetrn Railway, thereby provides 100% healthcare, starting from preventive and primary to all the staff and their dependent family members.
Same Health care available for the retired staffs and their dependent family members from all over Indian Railways who has opted for the treatment at this hospital.
Specialty & USP's
This hospital is acredited for the DNB training in seven subjects namely:

General Medicine
General Surgery
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Anaesthesiology
Ophthalmology
Pediatrics
Pathology

Each year 10 trainees are inducted for the course through merit and interview based selection process.

Training of house sugeons and interns are also imparted in all major disciplines.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology is also recognized for MRCOG training.
Services & Facilities
All the major disciplines have specialist doctors to serve the beneficiaries of the Railways.

The Casualty department runs 24X7. Well equipped casualty department, run by efficient and senior medical professionals, is capable of handling all sorts of emergencies. Specialist senior doctors are available round the clock in all the major disciplines along with house surgeons and post graduate trainees of the respective department. Availability of senior specialists 24X7 is quite rare even in many reputed corporate hospitals. This is a great service Indian Railway is providing to its beneficiaries.

OPD and Clinics in various specilities, separate OPD facility for retired employess and their dependents run daily on week days from 9 am to 4:30 pm. On Saturdays and even on most of the holidays the OPD services are available from 9 am to 12:30 pm.
Special Clinics for endocrinology, neurology, cardiology, infertilty, etc also run on weekly basis.

Cardiolgy unit of this hospital already having a very good reputation is going to improve futher. Advanced cardiological unit is ready to be inaugaurated.

Medicine departments with their sub specialities are rendering commendable services. Treatment of many neurological disorders with Botox injection is one of its kind not only in Kolkata, but throughout the country. Endocrinology, Gastroeneterology, Pulmonology departments are also rendering latest treatment facilities.

Surgical departments and their subspecialities e.g, Urology, Neusrosurgery are also capable of giving latest managements. Laparoscopic surgeries of all kind are being done here regularly.

Obsterics and Gynaecology department is equipped with latest fetal monitoring system. All kind of obstetrics and Gynaecological emergencies are dealt here round the clock by the able team of speciallists. IUI, advanced management of infertile patients are being done here. Laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgeries are routinely done here.

Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, ENT, Dental, Psychiatry, Biochemistry and pathology departments are also doing commendable job in the respective fields. All the departments are using latest technologies and gadgets for management of their patients.

24X7 in house Blood bank service is also a very important support. Very few hospitals in the city has this facility.

10 bedded surgical intensive care unit with all modern life support system (24x7) is an asset to our hospital.

12 bedded ITU with all modern lifesaving support is also pride to this institution

ICCU 7 beds and Semi ICCU 25 beds take care of cardiological emergencies under able cardiologists of this hospital.

All the major disciplines have specialist doctors to serve the beneficiaries of the Railways.

The Casualty department runs 24X7. Well equipped casualty department, run by efficient and senior medical professionals, is capable of handling all sorts of emergencies. Specialist senior doctors are available round the clock in all the major disciplines along with house surgeons and post graduate trainees of the respective department. Availability of senior specialists 24X7 is quite rare even in many reputed corporate hospitals. This is a great service Indian Railway is providing to its beneficiaries.

OPD and Clinics in various specilities, separate OPD facility for retired employess and their dependents run daily on week days from 9 am to 4:30 pm. On Saturdays and even on most of the holidays the OPD services are available from 9 am to 12:30 pm.
Special Clinics for endocrinology, neurology, cardiology, infertilty, etc also run on weekly basis.

Cardiolgy unit of this hospital already having a very good reputation is going to improve futher. Advanced cardiological unit is ready to be inaugaurated.

Medicine departments with their sub specialities are rendering commendable services. Treatment of many neurological disorders with Botox injection is one of its kind not only in Kolkata, but throughout the country. Endocrinology, Gastroeneterology, Pulmonology departments are also rendering latest treatment facilities.

Surgical departments and their subspecialities e.g, Urology, Neusrosurgery are also capable of giving latest managements. Laparoscopic surgeries of all kind are being done here regularly.

Obsterics and Gynaecology department is equipped with latest fetal monitoring system. All kind of obstetrics and Gynaecological emergencies are dealt here round the clock by the able team of speciallists. IUI, advanced management of infertile patients are being done here. Laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgeries are routinely done here.

Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, ENT, Dental, Psychiatry, Biochemistry and pathology departments are also doing commendable job in the respective fields. All the departments are using latest technologies and gadgets for management of their patients.

24X7 in house Blood bank service is also a very important support. Very few hospitals in the city has this facility.

10 bedded surgical intensive care unit with all modern life support system (24x7) is an asset to our hospital.

12 bedded ITU with all modern lifesaving support is also pride to this institution

ICCU 7 beds and Semi ICCU 25 beds take care of cardiological emergencies under able cardiologists of this hospital.

This hospital has tie up arrangements with some corporate hospitals, diagnostic centre and Government hospitals, in case of non availability of any particular service in this institution
Assessment Chart
Bed Strength:461
Staff & Management Strength:52 in house Regular Doctor in various disciplines along with visiting consultants in all major disciplines.
Vehicle Parking For Visitors & Members:Yes
Canteen / Cafeteria:Yes
Internal Pharmacy:Yes
Blood Bank:Yes
Emergency Handling:Yes
Ambulance Service:Yes
Average Outpatients Per Day:1500
Operation Theatre:Yes
Health Counselling:Yes
Permanent & Visiting Panelist Strength:52
General O.P.D. Capacity:1500
Private O.P.D. Capacity:150
General O.P.D. Charges:0
Private O.P.D. Charges:40

Achievements & Awards
Advanced Cardiac Centre has been inaugurated by honourable Minister of Indian Railways. Visit video section for more information.
Contact Details
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Other Information
This Hospital is Accredited to train Post graduate DNB Trainees in sevevn disciplines namely, General medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Anaesthesiology, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pathology. In every session a total number of 10 trainees are inducted for the course through aptitude test.

Training is also imparted to the house surgeons and interns in all the major disciplines.

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology is also recognized for MRCOG training.
Regular classes, case discussions, journal clubs and CME programmes are held in each discipline for house surgeons. DNB students.
A library with recent edition of books and journals along with high speed internet connection is available for the trainees.
Live classes conducted by IGNOU for DNB stuednts via sattelite in the library.
Regular CME programme for all doctors held once in a week
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Rooms
Type
General ward, A/C wards, Cabins, ICU and ITU
Facilities
A/C, Cable TV and Telephones in cabins. All Ward has TV installed. Few wards like Surgical and Paediatrics are air- conditioned.
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Departments
9.00 am to 4.00 pm

 
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Operation Theatre
Air-conditioned Paediatric ward
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OPD Complex

Videos
Advanced Cardiac Centre

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