SETTING UP OF HEALTHCARE FOCUSED MULTI-UTILITY STORE
(WELLNESS CENTRE) AT 270 STATIONS OVER EASTERN RAILWAY
Kolkata, March 30, 2023
Inspired by the guidance of Shri Arun Arora, General Manager, Eastern Railway, this Railway zone is spreading the health care facility at the remotest corner of its network. Marching ahead in this direction, Eastern Railway has already awarded a contract for setting up of healthcare focused multi-utility Store (Wellness Centre) at 270 Stations for a period of 05 years with 1st year License Fee amounting Rs.3.25 Crores and 5 years cumulative License Fee amounting Rs.16.92 Crores.
Salient Features –
• With the provision of value-added product & services these Wellness Centre will provide value added product & services in addition to scope of utilisation of vacant space at station premises along with generation of revenue for Railways.
• The facility of in person consultation with Doctors will be provided at 14 no of important stations viz. (i) Howrah, (ii) Dankuni, (iii) Barddhaman, (iv) Sealdah, (v) Barrackpore, (vi) Barasat, (vii) Durgapur, (viii) Malda Town, (ix) Jasidih, (x) Kahalgaon, (xi) Bolpur, (xii) Berhampore Court, (xiii) Krishnanagar and (xiv) Rampurhat. This will help to respond at the time of emergency.
• Facility of Telemedicine, Diagnostic facility and availability of medicine can also be tapped by the community around the stations beside the travelling public and Railway Employee.
• For convenience of general public various product and services will be offered through these wellness centres. These wellness centre will act as:-
a) License Drug Stores
b) Resuscitative services
c) Collection centres for pathology labs
d) Smart primary health diagnostics centre.
e) It will facilitate sell of items which come under the purview of drug license.
