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"Is there a doctor on board?": This is the question that boomed through loudspeakers on a Glen Waverley line train at Heyington station on Friday morning when a train driver pleaded for help.
It later emerged that the driver of the train needed medical help for himself, not a passenger, and was later taken to hospital.
Glen Waverley Line - Major Delays - Due to an ill driver on an outbound service at Heyington needing urgent medical assistance (now (1/2)— Not Metro Notify (@NotMetroNotify) May 26, 2016
removed to Hospital), trains may be delayed/altered due to trains not in position. Citybound delays to 40 mins. (2/2)— Not Metro Notify (@NotMetroNotify) May 26, 2016
A passenger on the train, Melissa, said the driver put out the call on the loudspeaker asking if there was a doctor on board about 7.16am.
"He said 'If there is a paramedic, doctor or nurse on the train could they please contact me'" she recalled.
At the time she assumed the driver was responding to news of an ill passenger and it was only later that she realised that he was the one in need of assistance.
"Poor guy, he was asking for help," she said.
Paramedics got a call that someone was unwell on the train about 7.15am.
A Metro spokeswoman said the driver was taken to hospital 25 minutes later. She said she was not sure if a doctor had been on board and was able to assist.