Shri Shivendra Mohan, DRM, Vijayawada Division inaugurates New Digital X-Ray Department and Dr. Jaya Mohan, President, SCRWWO, Vijayawada inaugurates Renovated Children’s Ward at Railway Hospital Vijayawada

 

The new set up consists of state-of-the-art Digital X-Ray and
Computerized Radiography systems worth Rs 1.39 Crore  

Renovated Children's Ward dedicated to wards of Railway Employees by SCRWWO, Vijayawada

Shri Shivendra Mohan, Divisional Railway Manager, Vijayawada Division inaugurated New Digital X-Ray Room at Railway Hospital, Vijayawada in the presence of Dr. M. Srilakshmi, Chief Medical Superintendent, Vijayawada Hospital; Shri D. Srinivasa Rao, ADRM, Infrastructure and Shri M. Srikanth, ADRM, Operations, Vijayawada Division today i.e., 30th November, 2022. Senior Railway Officials and Executive Members of SCRWWO, Vijayawada Division took part in the event at Railway Hospital, Vijayawada.

The new set up consists of state-of-the-art Digital and Computerized Radiography systems worth Rs.1.39 Crore. The Digital X-Ray system comprises of wall stand with Tilting Bucky and 6-way floating and elevating table with advanced features like auto positioning, auto centric and auto tracking features.

Dr. Jaya Mohan, President, SCRWWO in the presence of Shri Shivendra Mohan, DRM and Dr. M Srilakshmi inaugurated the renovated Children’s ward on the first floor of Railway Hospital, Vijayawada. The renovation was funded by SCRWWO, Vijayawada.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Shivendra Mohan, DRM expressed immense happiness for commissioning the new Digital X-Ray with modern facilities which would immensely benefit the railway families. He congratulated the team of Doctors of Divisional Hospital, Vijayawada for their relentless pursuit in setting up this Digital X-Ray machine on par with corporate hospitals. He also appealed to staff to avail the latest services of Railway Hospital in the hour of need.

Dr. Jaya Mohan, President, SCRWWO and Executive members of SCRWWO presented toys and gifts for the play area of the newly renovated children’s ward on the occasion. Dr. Jaya Mohan thanked the Railway Hospital team for their warm support and guidance in the welfare activities of SCRWWO.

Speaking on the occasion Dr. M Srilakshmi, CMS said that it is a one-of-its-kind machine, which will immensely benefit railway employees and pensioners due to minimum exposure to radiation. It generates high quality images with eases the work with image portability option. The new Digital X-Ray system is eco-friendly as the high-resolution images can be shared digitally to concerned Doctor with the help of PACS (Pictures Archiving and Communication System). It negates the need to physically store the X-Rays and hence results in hospital storage space. Even critically ill patients can have their X-Rays taken without much trouble due to auto-positioning feature of the machine. The main advantage of this equipment is digital X-ray images are generated within a short fraction of 8 seconds and can be printed into physical copies under one minute. She also thanked the SCRWWO, Vijayawada for generously coming forward and taking the initiative to renovate Children's Ward. He said that the new renovated Children’s Ward will uplift the spirit of ailing children and help in faster recovery.

Dr. M. Sri Lakshmi, CMS dedicated this Digital X-Ray Department to Dr. Prasanna Kumar, Director General (Railway Health Services), Railway Board; Dr. D. Rama Rao, Principal Chief Medical Director, South Central Railway; Shri Shivendra Mohan, DRM and thanked Team Vijayawada for their support and guidance in setting up the Digital X-Ray machine. She also profusely thanked the SCRWWO for helping in renovation of the children’s ward. She said that renovated children's ward consists of 10 in-patient beds along with a team of the pediatric doctors.

Dr. D. Sitharam, ACMS; Dr N V G Reddy, ACMS; Dr. Sarada ACMS & Vice President, SCRWWO Smt. Sridevi Srinivas, Vice President, SCRWWO; Shri E. Santharam, Sr.DEN (Co-ord); Shri T. Suresh Babu, Sr.DEE (Maintenance); Shri P. Chandrasekhar Babu, Sr.DFM: Shri R. Viswanath Reddy, Sr.DSTE; Shri K. Sridhar, DEN (East); Shri M. Bala Muralidhar, Sr. DPO; Ms. Nusrat M Mandrupkar, PRO other officers and staff were present.