The column by Bibek Debroy on “The existence of railway hospitals” (June 15) after railway schools, is timely and needs full attention by the policy makers.
I recall early 1960s when my father — a retired PWI (permanent way inspector) Western Railways — was being treated by a railway hospital doctor in Bayana junction in Rajasthan where we lived. The doctor, Dr Khandelwal, was gentle and extremely efficient. He would come to visit my ailing father in the late evening and the way he treated my father is still etched in my heart.
That man still evokes in me awe
