Extracted Insight

  • The hospital organized a Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) awareness and training program at Tirunelveli Railway Station for Southern Railway staff, with support from the station administration.
  • Over 100 railway staff members and members of the public attended; training was led by a senior emergency medicine doctor who demonstrated AED usage and BLS techniques.
  • Dr. Lakshmanan, Medical Administrator of Kauvery Hospital, emphasized emergency preparedness; Railway Chief Medical Officer Dr. Raja Gobalan, the Station Master and Station Manager also attended and supported the event.
  • Kauvery Hospital had previously donated AED devices to Southern Railway to strengthen emergency response capabilities at the station.