Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) says it significantly expanded its healthcare outreach during the financial year 2025-26, with its hospitals and health units serving not just employees and their dependents, but also large numbers of people from nearby rural and urban communities.
The company’s health infrastructure, especially its Central Hospitals at Gandhinagar, Ramgarh and Dhori, has increasingly come to function as a wider public service network in the coal belt, combining institutional care with community outreach, preventive health initiatives and modern medical upgrades.
While CCL remains primarily an industrial PSU, its latest health data suggests that its medical system is becoming an important support structure for populations living in and around mining zones.
Gandhinagar hospital emerges as key care hub
Among CCL’s facilities, Central Hospital, Gandhinagar recorded the highest service volume during the year. According to the company, the hospital treated 1,01,955 OPD patients and 3,435 indoor patients, while carrying out 1,879 surgeries during the period.
The hospital also conducted extensive health assessments under Periodic Medical Examination (PME) and Initial Medical Examination (IME). It reported 5,931 PME cases out of 5,960 targeted examinations, along with 780 regular and 1,724 contractual worker IMEs.
Under CSR-linked outreach, the hospital organised 890 health camps, benefiting 1,50,979 people. It also hosted 28 blood donation camps, collecting 660 units of blood.
The hospital has added a number of new facilities and equipment, including a semi-auto analyser, autoclave, OT scrub stations, 750 KVA DG set, RO water plant and digital slit lamp. It has also introduced support systems such as a dialysis RO setup, yoga room, digital display system and OPD queue management.
CCL said 177 beneficiaries were treated under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), while DNB courses, superspeciality clinics, digital payments and fire safety systems were also maintained.
Ramgarh hospital expands surgical and pharmacy services
CCL’s Ramgarh Hospital also recorded major developments during the year, particularly in the areas of medicine access and advanced surgery.
The hospital continued the operation of its Amrit Pharmacy, which is supplying medicines to six nearby areas, while also issuing more than 13,000 HIMS health cards.
New equipment installed at the hospital includes a laparoscopy machine, cautery machine, stretchers, wheelchairs and centrifuge systems.
According to the company, the hospital successfully conducted a range of advanced procedures, including laser surgeries, laparoscopic surgeries, hip replacement and knee replacement operations.
Infrastructure improvements were also carried out on the campus, including a facelift of the premises, solar plant installation, road work and other civil upgrades. CCL said future plans include the development of a lift, sewage treatment plant (STP), CCTV network and other support infrastructure.
Dhori hospital records strong emergency and CSR outreach
The Central Hospital, Dhori (CHD) also reported substantial service delivery during 2025-26.
According to CCL, the hospital handled 64,217 OPD cases, 5,188 emergency cases and 4,831 indoor admissions during the year.
Under CSR-linked initiatives, the hospital said it reached 16,367 beneficiaries, while 37 surgeries were conducted under Operation Jyoti.
Its Occupational Health Centre carried out 1,785 PME examinations, 163 IMEs, 307 contractual worker health checks and 227 eye tests.
The hospital has also procured additional OT and medical equipment, while renovation work on the campus is currently underway. However, some equipment purchases and building-related works are still pending.
Public health outreach beyond hospital walls
Apart from hospital-based care, CCL said its health department also carried out broader community-level interventions through rural health camps, school health drives and anaemia awareness programmes.
The company also reported that 100 TB patients were screened, with cases being managed through treatment and recovery support where required.
At Dhori, two blood donation camps reportedly collected 99 units of blood, which were sent to Gandhinagar Hospital.
These outreach efforts indicate that CCL’s healthcare system is being positioned not just as an employee benefit structure, but as a wider regional public health support mechanism in mining-affected areas.
More than healthcare, a trust infrastructure
For residents in many coal belt areas, institutional healthcare access remains limited, inconsistent or distant. In that context, the scale and continuity of CCL’s health operations matter beyond internal welfare.
What emerges from the year’s numbers is a broader shift: these hospitals are no longer functioning only as company-run medical units, but increasingly as trust-based service centres for surrounding communities.
The larger question, however, is whether this model can now be strengthened through:
- more specialist expansion,
- faster infrastructure completion,
- deeper rural integration,
- and sustained preventive care.
Because in regions where healthcare access is often uneven, such systems do not merely treat illness. They help build public confidence.
