Odisha Train Crash: AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Sends 2 Teams For Medical Assistance

Bhubaneswar: Two teams of doctors and nurses from AIIMS, Bhubaneswar have been deployed to assist in the treatment of those injured in the horrific triple train mishap in Odisha’s Balasore district.

One team of 11 members comprising doctors, resident doctors and nurses have reached at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.

Similarly, another 8-member team consisting of doctors, nurses and residents have also been despatched to Balasore.

“Two teams of doctors from @AIIMSBhubaneswr have been dispatched for Balasore and Cuttack to assist in relief operations at the rail accident site in Odisha. We are providing all required help and medical assistance to the victims of the tragic train accident to save precious lives,” Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted.

Mandaviya had earlier stated that AIIMS Bhubaneswar has been instructed to make plans for emergency, ICU, and OT beds and that all the physicians, nurses, and staff in the hospital have been directed to offer all possible assistance to those injured in the accident.

“AIIMS Bhubaneswar has been instructed to provide all possible help to the people injured in the accident while arrangements for emergency treatments, ICU and OT beds, doctors, nurses and staff have been made,” he said.

The mishap took place on Friday evening when Coromandel Express, heading to Chennai, derailed and hit a goods train, after which many coaches of the passenger train flipped over and fell on the opposite track. The Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast coming from the opposite side then collided with the derailed coaches. Both trains were moving at a high speed at the time of the collision.