Assam

ASSAM : Special rail coaches ready as Covid care centres

Pratidin Bureau

Ministry of Railways has converted its 5231 coaches asCOVID Care Centers. The Coaches can be used for very mild cases that can beclinically assigned to the COVID Care centers as per guidelines issued byMoHFW.

These coaches can be used in areas where the State hasexhausted the facilities and needs to augment capacities for isolation of bothsuspects and confirmed COVID cases.

In the NFR area, these coaches are ready for placementat 20 nominated stations, viz. Agartala, Alipurduar Jn, Ambasa, Badarpur,Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Kamakhya, Katihar, Lumding, New Bongaigaon, New CoochBehar, New Jalpaiguri, New Tinsukia, Rangapara North, Rangiya, Silchar,Mariani, Murkongselek, New Alipurduar and Siliguri stations as and when suchrequests are received.

The guidelines issued by MoHWF regarding the use ofsuch coaches will be strictly followed upon by both the Railway and State Govtauthorities.

Apart from COVID care centers, Indian Railways willdeploy more than 2500 Doctors and 35000 paramedic staff to meet the COVID 19challenge. Doctors and paramedics are being recruited on a temporary basis byvarious zones. Around 5,000 beds in 17 dedicated hospitals and 33 hospitalblocks in Railway Hospitals identified for treatment of COVID-19 patients aregetting ready any contingency.

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