Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Indian Railway Health Service (IRHS) is an organized central Group A civil service of the Government of India under the Ministry of Railways, consisting of doctors recruited by the Union Public Service Commission's (UPSC) Combined Medical Services Examination. The officers of this service are responsible for providing comprehensive health ...
A Sentinel Card is required before anybody is allowed to work within the boundary of Network Rail tracks in the UK (on or near the line). It is also a requirement in the Republic of Ireland. Any potential employee must undergo a medical and a drug and alcohol test before attending a "personal track safety" course.
In 2006, the Southern Railway announced establishing a new nine-storied complex to be constructed at a cost of ₹ 500 million, with a ₹ 15-million computer-based navigation orthopaedic surgery equipment, to replace the existing hospital. [7] In 2009, Southern Railway announced its plans to establish a medical college at the existing premises ...
Indian Railways employs over 1.25 million personnel including 15,000 group ‘A’ and group ‘B’ officers. The Academy is the apex institution for Management Training of all Railway Officers and Centralised & Professional Training for Officers of Accounts, Personnel, Stores and Medical departments including the centralized training of newly recruited IRAS, IRPS, IRSS and IRHS (erstwhile ...
A hospital train is a railway train with carriages equipped for the provision of healthcare.Historically this has ranged from trains equipped to transport wounded soldiers, with basic nursing and first aid facilities on board, to fully equipped mobile medical centres, sometimes including operating theatres and nursing wards.
Railway surgery was an important sector of the medical profession; by World War I railway organisations employed 14,000 doctors, some 10% of the US total. Railway surgery operated outside of the American Medical Association (AMA) which railway surgeons were not permitted to join. Many in the medical profession opposed company doctors altogether ...
Railway spine was a nineteenth-century diagnosis for the post-traumatic symptoms of passengers involved in railroad accidents. The first full-length medical study of the condition was John Eric Erichsen's classic book, On Railway and Other Injuries of the Nervous System. [1] For this reason, railway spine is often known as Erichsen's disease.
The first coach is a power car which also has a staff compartment and pantry area. The staff compartment is situated at the rear with a 12-berth staff-quarter, kitchen unit, water purifier, a gas stove and electric oven and refrigerator. The second coach consists of the medical store, as well as two autoclave units. It also houses a drawing room.