CGHS Dispensary, Santragachi

CGHS Dispensary, Santragachi is a government-run outpatient healthcare centre under the Central Government Health Scheme. It serves central government employees, pensioners, and their dependents in the Howrah region. The dispensary functions as a primary care unit providing basic consultation, follow-up care, and referral services to CGHS-empanelled hospitals in Kolkata.

This facility operates as a primary healthcare dispensary with consultation rooms, patient registration services, and basic medicine dispensing support. It does not have inpatient beds, ICU facilities, or emergency surgical infrastructure. Patients requiring advanced care are referred to higher-level CGHS empanelled hospitals.

Services include general physician OPD consultations, chronic disease management (diabetes, hypertension, etc.), preventive healthcare, prescription services, and referral coordination for specialist treatment in empanelled hospitals.

The dispensary works exclusively under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS). It does not accept private insurance and provides cashless/subsidized care only for eligible government beneficiaries.