(a) whether emergency medical facilities are available in the long distance trains;
(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether Railway staff are trained to handle emergency situations to provide first-aid to sick and the old;
(d) whether life saving emergency medicines/ injections are also available on such trains; and
(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) to (c): Yes, Madam. First Aid Boxes have been provided on all passenger carrying trains and Augmented First Aid Boxes have been provided in nominated long distance trains.
The front line staff deployed on trains is trained in rendering First Aid. Services of doctors travelling as passengers are utilized to attend to passengers who are in need of urgent medical assistance. Trains can also make unscheduled halts, if necessary, at the stations en-route in emergencies. The Station Masters have details of doctors, clinics & hospitals, both Government and Private, in the vicinity of the station, so that their services could also be availed, in emergencies.
(d) & (e): Yes Madam. Life saving medicines/ injections such as Tab. Sorbitrate 10mg, Soluble Aspirin 100/150 mgm, Injection Deriphyllin, Injection Lasix 40 mgm, Injection 25% glucose, Injection Adrenaline 1 ml, Injection Efcorlin 100 mg, Injection Atropine 1 ml, Injection Pheniramine Maleate 25 mgm, Ringers solution- 450 ml, Injection Normal Saline 0.9% 450 ml etc. are available in Augmented First Aid Boxes in long distance trains.