New Delhi:
The Railways have decided to put in place a quick response mechanism in five stations in New Delhi to rescue any passenger, after a person recently died in a mishap at Hazrat Nizamuddin terminal.
Northern Railway decided to set up Emergency Equipment Room (EER) at five major stations of Delhi - New Delhi, Old Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Anand Vihar Terminal and Delhi Sarai Rohilla. Key emergency numbers of nearby hospitals, including private ones, would be also displayed at the rail stations.
At a meeting chaired by General Manager of the zone SK Budhalakoti, officials also decided to engage round-the-clock ambulance service at four major stations.
The meeting came in the wake of the death of a 21-year-old man on November 17 at Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station. Rahul Dikshit, a polytechnic student, was trying to board the Banda Express when he slipped, and fell on the tracks. Dikshit's both legs were cut off in the accident. The railway police rushed the victim to a local hospital from where he was referred to Kanpur Medical College.
He was declared dead on arrival at the medical college.
Railways have already ordered an enquiry into the incident.
According to the decision, the emergency equipment rooms will be equipped with a stretcher, trolley for patients, gas cutter, first aid equipment, wheel chairs, towel, linen and other basic medical equipment.
Budhalakoti at the meeting instructed all divisions to launch an extensive public awareness campaign in the media and through other sources to make passengers aware of the danger of boarding/deboarding a moving train, a senior Northern Railway official said.
In addition, General Manager has instructed all divisions to tighten up their machinery for quick response to emergency situation demanding immediate rescue operations.
According to the decision taken at the meeting today, all the emergency measures would come in place from November 29.
The Station Master's room will display the list of the first-aid available at the station and list of telephone numbers of all government and CGHS-approved private hospitals to which passenger need to be referred in case of emergencies.
A list of ambulance services, fire brigade and other district authorities would also be displayed prominently for any emergency help, the official said.
The stations would also display prominently the list of doctors from the nodal railway hospital linked to a particular station who are to be called in an emergency.
The maximum response time for such doctors has been kept at 30 minutes depending upon the distance from the station.
The Divisional Railway Manager, Delhi Division would review the performance and upkeep of these facilities once every month with immediate effect. Frequent and periodical review would also be undertaken by General Manager, Northern Railway.