TB and Chest Hospital | |
Coordinates: | 17.4455°N 78.435°W |
Location: | Hyderabad, India |
Country: | India |
Beds: | 670 |
Opened: | after 1888 |
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
The 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 . 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]