Now 24 hours OPD facility will be available for passengers at Kanpur Central. Along with the passengers, people from nearby localities will also be able to get treatment here. Its tenders have also been done. Health services will be available 24 hours at the central station. Railways will provide space for this. At the same time, if serious patients come to OPD, they will be referred to the contracted hospital. In OPD, railway passengers and common people will have to pay the treatment expenses as per the rates fixed in the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).
First station in NCR where private OPD
Kanpur Central of Prayagraj division of NCR will be the first station, where the arrangement for running OPD will be in private hands. Railways believes that with this new system, on one hand, passengers will be able to get timely treatment. On the other hand, people from nearby areas and those coming to the station to pick up or drop their families will also be able to get treatment here. On an average, messages for 12 to 15 treatments are received at the Central Station around the clock every day. Now all this can be treated. To ensure that the OPD operator gets enough patients, the railway administration has made provision for treatment facilities for outsiders and family members.
There was chaos when doctors arrived late
At present, if railway passengers fall ill or get injured, doctors are called from the loco hospital. About 1.25 km from Loco Hospital Station. Is at a distance of. Due to this, it takes about half an hour for the doctors to arrive. When the passengers did not get timely treatment, their families used to create ruckus. Prayagraj Division’s PRO Amit Singh says that by running OPD at the Central Station, not only will the passengers get relief, but the common people will also be able to get treatment for their diseases. Treatment will be at concessional rates fixed by the government.