A carpenter from Hooghly district who was on the Coromandel Express that met with the deadly accident on Friday and fractured a leg after a door of the coach fell on him underwent surgery at the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital on Saturday.
Another passenger who suffered injuries in his abdomen underwent surgery at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital early on Sunday.
Many such passengers, injured in the June 1 accident, are now undergoing treatment in hospitals across Bengal.
A senior official in the health department said 206 passengers were treated in various hospitals across the state till Sunday evening. Many of them have been discharged, too.
More than 50 injured passengers were under treatment at the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital on Sunday evening.
Prosenjit Majhi, who underwent surgery at the medical college, recounted how he came out alive from coach S1 of the Coromandel Express and reached a hospital.
“There was a sudden loud sound and within seconds the coach toppled over. Other passengers were jumping out, but I decided to stay back inside the coach,” said Majhi, a carpenter who was going to Kerala in search of work.
A door of the coach came off under the impact of the crash and fell on his legs. After lying there for nearly 30 minutes, Majhi managed to remove his legs from under the door.
“I went near the opening and jumped out. It was all dark outside and people were crying out for help,” he said.
Majhi lay on the ground outside for about an hour and a half, writhing in pain. Some local people came and put him and two other passengers on a goods vehicle that took them to a hospital, from where he was shifted to a better hospital in Odisha. His wife reached the hospital the next morning. A team of doctors that the Bengal government sent to the accident site on Saturday got Majhi shifted to Midnapore Medical College.
A doctor at the hospital said Majhi was stable after surgery.
Srikanta Mal, 45, an embroidery worker, was admitted to the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital with abdominal injuries late on Saturday.
Arkaprovo Roy, an associate professor in the department of surgery at the hospital, said the impact of objects falling on Mal resulted in blood clots in his abdomen. “We started a surgery around midnight on Saturday and it continued for about two hours. We have removed the clots and the patient is stable,” said Roy.
Mal’s wife said a co-passenger, who escaped with minor injuries, pulled her husband out of the bogey.
Three injured passengers were under treatment at the NRS Medical College and Hospital and another three at SSKM Hospital. “Eight injured passengers came to our hospital. Five were discharged after treatment and three are still being treated,” an official at SSKM Hospital said on Sunday evening.
The Bengal government sent a team of about 40 doctors, nurses and ambulances to the accident site early on Saturday.
The team primarily focused on identifying passengers from Bengal and helping their transfer to hospitals in the state.
The team returned to the state by Saturday evening.
