Injured train passenger’s husband lodges complaint against railway officials 

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A ailment has been lodged against railway authorities accusing them of not providing aesculapian assistance to the pistillate rider who suffered a caput wounded aft the middle berth connected a bid collapsed successful Southern Railway’s Salem Division connected Monday.

In his petition to the Government Railway Police, T. Jothi Jayashankar, hubby of Suria Murugan, 39, the pistillate connected whom the mediate berth fell successful a sleeper people manager of Train No. 22651 Chennai-Palakkad Express soon aft it crossed Jolarpet aboriginal connected Monday, explained the circumstances that led to the incidental and called for enactment against the railway unit connected board, accusing them of not assisting the injured passenger.

On seeing Ms. Suria with a bleeding caput injury, the Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) asked the household to get down astatine Morappur railway station, which was the adjacent scheduled stop. When asked if the Railways would put for an ambulance oregon different aesculapian attraction astatine Morappur, the TTE told the household that they would person to marque their ain arrangements. Since the clip was 1.25 a.m., Mr. Jayashankar said they decided to proceed to Salem, wherever the railway officials promised to telephone a ‘108’ ambulance.

“The TTE said determination was nary doc oregon archetypal assistance container disposable connected the train. My woman managed the bleeding with her handkerchief till paramedical unit attended to her connected accomplishment astatine Salem Junction astir 2.45 a.m.,” helium said.

Mr. Jayashankar sought enactment against the authorities acrophobic not lone for alleged dereliction of work and the intelligence agony the household had to endure, but besides to forestall the recurrence of specified incidents successful future.

Inquiries with railway officials revealed that the Train Manager (Guard) had a archetypal assistance box, similar successful each different trains successful the Indian Railways. The managers were trained successful rendering basal aesculapian care, including dressing of wounds. The archetypal assistance boxes would beryllium presented to a designated Senior Divisional Medical Officer successful each divisions for inspection and alteration successful medicines oregon consumables, if any.

First assistance box

Southern Railway spokesperson M. Senthamil Selvan confirmed that a archetypal assistance container was disposable with the Train Manager of Train No. 22651.

He claimed that the Station Master of Morappur and the Train Manager were advised to be to the patient, but the rider wanted to proceed to Salem, saying Morappur was an unfamiliar place. There was nary doc travelling connected the train, helium said, adding that a departmental enquiry was instantly conducted to cheque the berth fittings and lapses, if any.

Published - May 14, 2025 08:17 americium IST