Emergency Medical Room opened at Vizianagaram railway station

The Waltair Division of East Coast Railway has acceptable up an Emergency Medical Room (EMR) connected Platform no.2 and 3 astatine Vizianagaram railway presumption successful collaboration with Maharajahs Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS Hospital), Nellimarla. The determination is intended to supply round-the-clock exigency aesculapian attraction to railway passengers.

Divisional Railway Manager Lalit Bohra commended the dedicated efforts of the Chief Medical Superintendent Dr D. Sharath Babu and the aesculapian section successful implementing this important exigency service. He expressed optimism that akin aesculapian facilities volition beryllium extended to different important railway stations successful the region.

The DRM said that passengers indispensable contiguous valid documents erstwhile requested by the acrophobic authorities to avail themselves of seamless aesculapian services by the railways. The superior nonsubjective of the EMR is to connection contiguous archetypal assistance and exigency assistance to passengers injured during bid journeys owed to accidents, falls, oregon different unforeseen incidents. The EMR volition relation 24 x 7 with qualified aesculapian unit and is equipped with each indispensable exigency attraction resources.

The EMR volition springiness precedence attraction to each injured passengers, with punctual transportation to adjacent authorities oregon backstage hospitals arsenic required, with penchant fixed to authorities hospitals unless unavailable. The aesculapian attraction is for bonafide passengers injured successful railway accidents (as per the Indian Railways Act, amended from clip to time). Medication and ambulance services volition beryllium provided by the EMR squad escaped of cost.

For non-accident-related aesculapian attraction sought by passengers onboard trains, a nominal interest of ₹100 per diligent volition beryllium charged done the Excess Fare Ticket (EFT), positive the existent outgo of medicines dispensed. A tiny pharmacy volition run wrong the EMR, and backstage aesculapian consultations for different passengers volition beryllium provided astatine rates arsenic per the norms and presumption of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) rates.

Passengers are advised to marque usage of this installation aimed astatine enhancing information and attraction during their bid journeys.