Woman’s finger cut into two on station staircase

51-yr-old Meenal Umrao was alighting the stairs at Malad station’s platform quantity two when her ring were given caught within the steel cap fitted at the railing

From stampede to paan masala spittle on their clothes, the native educate commuters within the town have noticed all of it. Yet, every now and then comes along a mishap that leaves commuters stunned, and usually, writhing in pain. Malad resident Meenal Umrao, 51, became the sufferer of one such coincidence the day before today when she misplaced a portion of her finger while alighting the staircase at Malad Railway Station’s platform quantity two, from where she boards the educate to Bandra where she works.

Umrao works as laptop operator at a Bandra firm and was alighting the staircase round 10.45 am when her ring finger at the right hand were given caught within the steel cap at the railing. Such was the sharpness of the steel cap’s edges that a portion of her finger was severed as Umrao misplaced steadiness and fell. The railway officers offered to get her handled at Shatabdi Hospital in Borivali however Umrao’s husband Sanjay, who rushed to Malad station, rushed her to a non-public medical institution. Umrao won ex-gratia of Rs five,000, the railway officers mentioned.

Sanjay Umrao advised Mirror that his wife was scheduled to go through surgical treatment these days to get the finger reattached. “She misplaced her steadiness as the finger were given caught and fell. She has additionally suffered bruises at the knees,” he mentioned.

A Western Railway spokesperson mentioned a probe has been ordered. “Our engineers visited the spot and didn’t find an issue with the steel caps. But a thorough probe will probably be performed,” he mentioned.