Government Royapettah Hospital

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| Name = Government Royapettah Hospital

| Org/Group = Government of Tamil Nadu

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| Caption = Government Royapettah Hospital, Chennai

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| Location = 1 Westcott Road, Royapettah

| Region = Chennai

| State = Tamil Nadu

| Country = India

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| HealthCare = Public

| Type = Full-service medical center

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| Affiliation = Directorate of Medical Education

| Beds = 712{{cite web

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| Founded = 1911

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| Website = http://royapettahhospital.com/

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Government Royapettah Hospital is a major state-owned hospital situated in Royapettah in Chennai, India. The hospital with 712 beds is funded and managed by the state government of Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 1911 and is attached to Directorate of Medical Education. It is the city's largest peripheral hospital,{{cite news

| title = Rs 10cr for cancer unit at Royapettah hospital

| location = Chennai

| date = 17 August 2012

| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-17/chennai/33248577_1_oral-cancer-cancer-centre-cancer-tops

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130224055002/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-17/chennai/33248577_1_oral-cancer-cancer-centre-cancer-tops

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 24 February 2013

| newspaper = The Times of India

| access-date = 28 Apr 2013}} and its limit extends up to Chengalpattu.{{cite news

| title = Rs. 4 crore for survey of heritage hospital buildings

| newspaper = The Hindu

| location = Chennai

| date = 30 April 2013

| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/rs-4-crore-for-survey-of-heritage-hospital-buildings/article4667609.ece

| access-date = 12 May 2013}}

History

The Government Royapettah Hospital was opened in 1911. The first superintendent of the hospital was Col. C. Donovan.{{cite book | last = Muthiah| first = S. | author-link = S. Muthiah | title = Madras Rediscovered| publisher = EastWest | date = 2014 | location = Chennai | isbn = 978-93-84030-28-5}} The cancer treatment centre at the hospital's annexure building was constructed for {{INR}} 170 million. The centre is the first exclusive government-run facility for cancer care in the state.

The hospital is the second in the government sector, after the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, to have a full-fledged emergency department, which includes triage area, resuscitation bay and colour-coded zones, per the Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) guidelines.{{cite news

| last = Josephine

| first = M. Serena

| title = Chennai's third full-fledged emergency dept. at KMC

| newspaper = The Hindu

| location = Chennai

| publisher = Kasturi & Sons

| date = 28 April 2019

| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennais-third-full-fledged-emergency-dept-at-kmc/article26968725.ece

| access-date = 2 May 2019}}

In 2021, the hospital performed its first tumor-removal keyhole surgery.{{cite news

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| title = Doctors at Chennai's Government Royapettah Hospital remove tumour from woman

| newspaper = The New Indian Express

| location = Chennai

| publisher = Express Publications

| date = 16 August 2021

| url = https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2021/aug/16/doctors-at-chennaisgovernment-royapettah-hospital-remove-tumour-from-woman-2345229.html

| access-date = 26 November 2021}}

Future developments

In 2011, as part of its centenary celebration, the Central Government funded the hospital a sum of {{INR}} 43.5 million to construct two additional floors in its Accident and Trauma Block. There was also a proposal for setting up a "Zero Delay Ward". The state government funded {{INR}} 10 million on the new surgical block. The casualty ward is already under renovation.{{cite news

| last = Sujatha

| first = R.

| title = Royapettah Hospital to be upgraded

| newspaper = The Hindu

| location = Chennai

| date = 25 September 2011

| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/royapettah-hospital-to-be-upgraded/article2484452.ece

| access-date = 28 Apr 2013}}