**Summary:**
In response to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 58, the Ministry of Railways addressed the establishment of emergency medical centers across railway stations and passenger trains, specifically concerning Jharkhand, Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir. Following a Supreme Court directive, the Ministry constituted a committee of experts at AIIMS, New Delhi, to assess medical facility needs. Based on the committee's recommendations, instructions were issued to equip all railway stations and passenger trains with a Medical Box containing essential medicines, equipment, and an oxygen cylinder.
The Ministry has focused on training frontline railway employees, including Train Ticket Examiners, Train Guards/Superintendents, and Station Masters, in First Aid procedures, with regular refresher courses conducted. From April 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025, 16,14,748 frontline employees have received training to effectively manage medical emergencies.
To facilitate further medical assistance, lists of nearby hospitals and doctors, including their contact numbers, are available at all railway stations. Ambulance services from Railways, State Governments, private hospitals, and ambulance service providers are utilized to transport injured or sick passengers to appropriate medical facilities. The statement does not provide a State and district-wise breakdown.
Key Entities Referenced
SHRI NALIN SOREN: Member of Parliament who raised the starred question regarding emergency medical centres.
SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI: Member of Parliament who raised the starred question regarding emergency medical centres.
Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways, Information Broadcasting and Electronics Information Technology who answered the question.
Jharkhand: State in India where a study/survey regarding emergency medical centers was conducted.
Haryana: State in India where a study/survey regarding emergency medical centers was conducted.
Jammu and Kashmir: Union Territory in India where a study/survey regarding emergency medical centers was conducted.
Supreme Court: The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, which examined the need for medical facilities at railway stations and in trains.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi: AIIMS, New Delhi, where a committee of experts was constituted to provide recommendations on medical facilities.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 58
TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2025
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTRES IN RAILWAY
†*58. SHRI NALIN SOREN:
SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) whether any study/survey regarding setting up of emergency
medical centres across all railway stations and in passenger
trains as well in Jharkhand, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir
has been conducted during the last three years;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken to set up
medical aid/emergency centres at railway stations and in
passenger trains, State and district-wise;
(c) the details of the total number of trained front-line employees
working in Railways to provide first aid services, State and
district-wise; and
(d) the number and the details of railway stations in the said States
where railway ambulances have been made available, station-
wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House
*****STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK
SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 58 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2025
(a) to (d): The need and extent of providing medical facilities at railway
stations and in trains was examined by Hon’ble Supreme Court. In
compliance of the orders, a committee of experts was constituted at
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. As
recommended by Committee of experts, instructions have been
issued to provide a Medical Box containing life saving medicines,
equipments, oxygen cylinder etc. at all Railway stations and
passenger carrying trains.
Front line staff i.e. Train Ticket Examiner, Train
Guards/Superintendents, Station Master etc. are trained in rendering
First Aid. Regular refresher courses are conducted for such staff.
16,14,748 front line railway employees have been trained (from
01.04.2022 to 30.06.2025) to handle medical emergency effectively.
List of near-by hospitals and doctors along with their contact numbers
is available at all Railway Stations.
Ambulance services of Railways, State Government/Private
Hospitals and ambulance service providers are utilized to transport
the injured/sick passengers to the hospitals/doctor’s clinics.
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