Railway Servants In Special Pass for Travel while Medical Emergency

Railway Servants In Special Pass for Travel while Medical Emergency  

227/2018-19

26-06-2018

CHENNAI

INLCUSION OF PARENTS/RAILWAY SERVANT IN SPECIAL PASS ISSUED FOR TRAVEL OF CHILDREN OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS AILMENTS

To obviate  the hardship  faced by Railway Servants while travelling with their  minor children with serious ailments,  Shri  Piyush Goyal,  Hon’ble Minister of Railways  has  taken a very positive step by taking a decision to relax the existing  Railway Servants (Pass ) Rules  to allow the Railway  servants and parent of minor children  suffering from serious ailments to also travel with the child in cases where they are referred to outstation  hospitals for medical treatment.

As per the existing provisions contained in Special Passes of  the Pass Rules, o­n the recommendation of a  Medical officer o­ne attendant may be allowed  if the patient is bed ridden and is unable to sit up. Such passes where an attendant has been allowed should, therefore, be restricted to the patient and the attendants o­nly.

The Hon’ble Railway Minister taking cognizance of the fact that a child feels secure in the presence of a parent especially when he or she is unwell and that a attendant would also be required to assist, has given his approval to amend the Provisions contained in Schedule VII (Special Passes) of Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986 which will come as a relief to many Railway servants who have ailing children and has to  take them to outstation treatment.

Source:Southern Railway