A commuter who fell unconscious at Marine Lines railway station after suffering a cardiac arrest was discharged from hospital recently. Before he was taken to the hospital, a Western Railway (WR) staffer used an automated external defibrillator, according to a report in this paper.

The report explained how a top doctor had trained railway staffers at 24 stations—10 on the Western line and 14 on the Central line—over the past year on the use of an automated external defibrillator. The senior official who had used the defibrillator stated that railway staffers are trained in CPR, and several health camps were held for this specific training. It was also stated that defibrillators are rarely found in public spaces like railway stations in India, though efforts are being made to change that.