Be it actual racing time or the routine morning trackwork schedule, there is always an RWITC ambulance available at their disposal round the clock mainly for jockeys, riding boys and permission boys. Despite all such precautions taken by the club, there still is a high probability that a rider may suffer fatal injuries or even permanent disability due to any unfortunate accident that he may suffer on the racetrack and which he is prone to on every working day. Yet, it seems that there is a disaster waiting to happen at the Royal Western India Turf Club simply because its present infrastructure, and medical staff manning it, is both ill-equipped and untrained to handle any emergency arising out of track-accidents.
The latest reminder of this most dreaded scenario in the life of a jockey came when Aslam Kader, one of the topmost jockeys of the country, suffered a fall in the very first race on Friday. Even if Aslam realised beforehand that his mount is in deep distress, and his subsequent attempt to ease up the horse, he could not avert his eventual dislodge from the saddle, which could’ve either proved to be fatal or may’ve even maimed him for life. Fortunately for Aslam, nothing of this sort happened. It would be appropriate to mention here that Aslam was in safe hands the moment he was admitted to the Jehangir Nursing Home, due to the courtesy of the RWITC.
