It also asked Libyan authorities to lift the ban imposed on the media, to open communications and telephone networks and to ensure the delivery of emergency medical aid to the wounded.

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"The normal protocol for a medical emergency is for the conductor to administer first aid, but it is likely he would have had to put a message out to ask for help, " the spokesman said.

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He added that it did not have emergency medical treatment facilities such as ambulances or a first-aid station underground.

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