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Western Railways: 410 train coaches for isolation of COVID-19 suspected patients

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: April 3, 2020 12:19 IST

Western Railway on Friday said that it will convert around 410 train coaches to facilitate the isolation of suspected ...

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Western Railway on Friday said that it will convert around 410 train coaches to facilitate the isolation of suspected coronavirus patients at all its six divisions, including the Mumbai division.

In order to curb the spread of the disease, Indian Railways is making an all-out effort to provide the health care efforts of the Central government. 

The Railways has modified passenger coaches as isolation coaches and equipped the existing Railway hospitals to meet the COVID-19 needs, earmarked hospital beds to meet the contingencies, recruited additional doctors and paramedics among other measures.

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