AGRA: Two passengers died because of well being issues and 6 others fell sick on board the Kota-Patna Specific (13237) whereas journeying from Varanasi en path to Mathura on Sunday. Agra’s railway authorities acquired a misery name regarding the deteriorating well being of passengers, prompting medical help upon the prepare’s arrival at Agra Cantt station on Sunday night. These passengers had been travelling within the non-air-conditioned sleeper coach quantity S-2.
Whereas the precise explanation for their deaths stays to be decided, a number of members of the group, of which the deceased passengers had been an element, reported feeling unwell. “Railway officers in Agra had been notified in regards to the declining well being circumstances of passengers aboard the Kota-Patna Specific (13237) on Sunday. The people elevating the priority had been a part of a gaggle led by a group chief from Chhattisgarh. This group was in transit from Varanasi and destined for Mathura,” stated Prashasti Srivastava, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Agra Division of the North Central Railways.
“Medical response groups had been promptly dispatched upon the prepare’s arrival at Agra Cantt railway station. Passengers who had been experiencing signs similar to nausea and vomiting had been promptly moved for medical consideration. Tragically, one aged lady had already handed away, whereas a male passenger misplaced his life throughout remedy in Agra,” the Agra PRO Railways added.
“Though the exact explanation for the well being deterioration main to those two deaths stays difficult to determine, preliminary medical assessments recommend the potential causes is perhaps dehydration or meals poisoning. Nevertheless, we’re but to achieve a definitive conclusion concerning the underlying trigger,” Srivastava remarked.
“It has come to gentle that the group consisted of roughly 90 members who had been travelling from Varanasi to Mathura aboard the Kota-Patna Specific. 5 of those passengers in vital situation are at the moment underneath the care of the Railway Hospital, and one other particular person is present process remedy on the emergency ward of SN Medical School and Hospital in Agra,” elaborated the PRO Agra Railways.
“These passengers had been travelling within the non-air-conditioned sleeper coach quantity S-2. The identities of the deceased passengers are nonetheless to be decided by the Agra Authorities Railway Police (GRP),” added Srivastava.
