Dr. J. Chitra
MBBS
Medical Director RH PER
Dr J Chitra belongs to the 1990 batch of IRHS, and joined service in 1991 at Southern Railway, Palghat Division, in the Sub-Divisional Hospital, Erode. She was the First lady doctor posted to a single-doctor health unit at Health Unit/Katpadi - MAS Division (1993 to 1995).
She was posted to RH PER in 1995 and was in charge of the Health and Family Welfare department at RH PER from 2014 to 2023.
She took charge as the Medical Director, Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, in October 2026. Before that, she served as CSS/Admin at the same hospital during the previous year.
She has won the GM award twice, once in 2009 and again as a COVID WARRIOR for initiating and maintaining a COVID vaccination centre at Southern Railway Central Hospital during the COVID pandemic.