The state government and the railways seem to be engaged in a cold war on several issues, including that of providing more ambulances and better medical facilities after accidents.In the aftermath of the derailment of the Diva-Sawantwadi passenger express train derailment near Roha, in which 22 lives were lost and more than a hundred people were injured, mid-day asked a senior Central Railway official why the railways was not taking the help of the state government in tying up with private hospitals to treat accident victims and for other such issues.
He said, “We have been asking for at least 6 months now, but the CM’s office has not been giving us an appointment to discuss key issues, which also includes improving medical facilities after a rail accident.”
Other senior CR staff said that even senior bureaucrats in the state government had been denying them appointments. “When accident victims are taken to private hospitals, they are simply turned away and redirected to civic- or state-run hospitals for treatment, which are often very far away. Had the state government intervened, this could have been taken care of before the Roha derailment,” said a CR official.
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