Compensation for man unable to catch his train
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August 9, 2012, Thursday
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A DISABLED man who was unable to board a train in central China's Henan Province on Monday because of a failure to unlock the station's wheelchair passages has been compensated for the incident.
Wang Jinlei, who lost the use of both of his legs to polio, received 3,000 yuan (US$471) from the station in accordance with a national regulation on improving accessibility for disabled people that went into effect less than one week before the incident.
Wang was to leave the Zhengzhou Railway Station at 1:49pm, bound for Chongqing in southwest China. Wang said he arrived at the station at 1pm, but was unable to enter the locked wheelchair passages and missed his train.
"I even dialed the number on the note posted outside, but no one answered for half an hour," said Wang, adding that he believes dereliction of duty is to blame for the incident. He asked for compensation the same day, receiving it along with an apology from the station's management committee.
The national regulation states parking lots, commercial centers, living quarters, transportation facilities and other public infrastructure facilities must be accessible for disabled people, adding that the owners or managers of the facilities should maintain them and compensate disabled people who suffer injury or loss of property due to improper maintenance.
Since the station's dereliction caused Wang to miss his train, it has the responsibility to compensate him, said a committee official surnamed Shen, adding that the station will make sure its handicapped-accessible facilities are properly maintained.
Wang Jinlei, who lost the use of both of his legs to polio, received 3,000 yuan (US$471) from the station in accordance with a national regulation on improving accessibility for disabled people that went into effect less than one week before the incident.
Wang was to leave the Zhengzhou Railway Station at 1:49pm, bound for Chongqing in southwest China. Wang said he arrived at the station at 1pm, but was unable to enter the locked wheelchair passages and missed his train.
"I even dialed the number on the note posted outside, but no one answered for half an hour," said Wang, adding that he believes dereliction of duty is to blame for the incident. He asked for compensation the same day, receiving it along with an apology from the station's management committee.
The national regulation states parking lots, commercial centers, living quarters, transportation facilities and other public infrastructure facilities must be accessible for disabled people, adding that the owners or managers of the facilities should maintain them and compensate disabled people who suffer injury or loss of property due to improper maintenance.
Since the station's dereliction caused Wang to miss his train, it has the responsibility to compensate him, said a committee official surnamed Shen, adding that the station will make sure its handicapped-accessible facilities are properly maintained.
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