Now passengers will get life saving medicines on the platform itself at various major railway stations of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The railway administration has decided to open medical outlets keeping in mind the convenience of passengers and emergency situations, so that there is no delay in treatment.
A big and commendable step has been taken by the Railways for the safety and health facilities of the passengers. Preparations to open medical outlets at major railway stations like Moradabad and Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh and Dehradun and Haridwar in Uttarakhand are now in the final stages.
The intention of the Railways behind this decision is that if a passenger falls ill during the journey, he can be provided immediate first aid and life can be saved in critical situations.It is often seen that while traveling in a train, passengers suddenly face health problems like headache, fever, vomiting, gas, blood pressure or diabetes. In such a situation, passengers have to face a lot of problems due to lack of medical facilities nearby.
Till now, in such a situation, information had to be given to the railway control room, after which doctors and medical staff were called to the nearest station. This took time and many times the situation became serious.
Now, changing this process, the railway has decided to open medical shops directly at the station. Along with the commonly used English medicines, medicines for fever, pain, cold-cough, gas and other diseases will also be available in these medical shops.
Besides this, some medical equipment like thermometer, mask, sanitizer, bandage and ORS powder etc. will also be available. Railway administration informed that initially this facility will be made available at four major stations of Moradabad Railway Division, namely Moradabad, Bareilly, Haridwar and Dehradun.
Thousands of passengers travel on these stations every day. About 30,000 passengers travel on Moradabad station every day and more than 150 trains operate from the divisional headquarters every day. In view of such a huge pressure of passengers, expansion of health facilities had become the need of the hour.
Senior DCM of Railways Aditya Gupta said that the tender process for these medical outlets will be started by the end of this month. These outlets will work 24 hours, which will provide relief to passengers even at night.
Apart from this, in case of a serious condition, passengers can call a doctor to the station by sending a message to the control room. This step will not only ensure the safety of passengers but will also improve the quality of service of the railways.If this experiment is successful then in future this scheme can be expanded to other big stations also.
