Odisha Train Crash: 3 Union Ministers Visit SCBMCH At Cuttack To See Injured, Stress On Saving Every Life

Cuttack: Three Union Ministers on Sunday visited SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack where several people injured in the horrific triple train crash are undergoing treatment.

The deadly accident that took place at Bahanaga in Odisha’s Balasore district has claimed at least 275 lives and left 1175 persons injured.

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited the premier health facility at Cuttack to ascertain the condition of the injured persons.

The three Union Ministers went around the wards and interacted with the injured persons undergoing treatment. They sought to know about their condition.

During their visit, the Ministers also spoke to senior doctors and officials at the hospital to take stock of the arrangements made for the treatment of the injured. They also gave necessary instruction for proper treatment of the affected people. The focus should be to save every life, they stressed.

Mandaviya, who reached Odisha this morning, has already said that expert doctors from three premier hospitals in New Delhi have reached come with modern equipment and medicines to assist in the treatment of the injured.

Stating that over 100 patients need critical care, he said expert doctors from Delhi AIIMS, Lady Hardinge Hospital and RML Hospital along with modern equipment and medicines have reached here. “We had a detailed discussion and a working plan has also been prepared,” the Minister said.

Before proceeding to Cuttack, the Union Health Minister visited AIIMS Bhubaneswar where the bodies of those killed in the train mishap were preserved.

He took a review meeting with senior doctors and officials of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.

The Minister also visited the Capital hospital in Bhubaneswar to ascertain the condition of the injured patients.

The Minister said that a detailed review of the patients’ condition and the hospitals they are admitted and what kind of treatment is required and how the experts’ team can assist was done.

“A working plan has been chalked out for providing advanced treatment so that we can save precious lives,” he said.

Earlier, Vaishnaw and Dharmendra also visited the hospitals at Soro and Bhadrak to know about the treatment of the injured persons admitted there.