A recent incident at Ram Mandir railway station has once again exposed the glaring lack of medical preparedness on Mumbai’s suburban rail network. A pregnant woman was forced to deliver her baby on the platform while her companion sought help from a doctor over the phone — because the station had no Emergency Medical Room (EMR).

According to Right to Information (RTI) data obtained by railway activist Samir Zaveri in August 2025, out of nearly 100 stations on Central Railway’s suburban network, only four have functional EMRs. On Western Railway, only 14 of 29 stations are equipped with them.