TB and Chest Hospital also known as Erragadda Chest Hospital is a tuberculosis hospital located in Hyderabad, India.[1] The 670-bed hospital is located on 65 acres near Erragadda
TB and Chest Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Hyderabad, India, India |
Coordinates | 17°26′44″N 78°26′06″E / 17.445522°N 78.434988°E |
Services | |
Beds | 670 |
History | |
Opened | after 1888 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in India |
History
editThe Irranuma Palace, now the government Chest Hospital, was built during the time of the sixth Nizam by a noble, Nizamuddin Fakhrul Mulk in 1888 and abandoned it because of a superstition[according to whom?]. The palace was donated to be converted into a hospital by the VII Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan.[2][3] Erramanzil belonged to the same family. Their tombs, Fakhrul Mulk, still exists at SR Nagar.
After Telangana was formed in 2014, the new Chief Minister K C Rao planned to demolish the centuries-old Irranuma Palace and build a new secretariat in its place.[3]
References
edit- ^ Roli Srivastava. "'Outdated' TB hospitals sit on huge land bank". Times of India. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "Nizam-era Chest Hospital in ruins | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Losing Hyderabad: Should the Erragadda chest hospital be relocated?". The News Minute. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2021.