Ministry of
Railways
COVID Care coaches of Indian Railways start getting utilised.
In U.P., 59 suspected patients admitted in Mau Junction in Varanasi division and 8 have already been discharged.
Indian Railways remain committed to doing whatever it takes to help India fight pandemic.
Indian Railways has deployed 960 COVID Care Coaches in 5 States
In Uttar Pradesh, total 372 COVID Care coaches have been deployed at 23 different locations
503 Coaches are deployed in Delhi at 9 Locations
Indian Railways, as its contribution to national cause, has converted Railway Coaches into COVID Care Centres
Doctors and paramedics are to be provided by State Governments as per Standard Operating Procedures issued by MOHFW on 6th May 2020
2 liaison officers for each location of coaches are deployed to assist State Government officials
All efforts are being made to maintain comfortable temperature inside the coaches in the given weather conditions
Railways to assist State Government in all possible manners to help in care of Covid patients
In U.P., 59 suspected patients admitted in Mau Junction in Varanasi division and 8 have already been discharged.
Indian Railways remain committed to doing whatever it takes to help India fight pandemic.
Indian Railways has deployed 960 COVID Care Coaches in 5 States
In Uttar Pradesh, total 372 COVID Care coaches have been deployed at 23 different locations
503 Coaches are deployed in Delhi at 9 Locations
Indian Railways, as its contribution to national cause, has converted Railway Coaches into COVID Care Centres
Doctors and paramedics are to be provided by State Governments as per Standard Operating Procedures issued by MOHFW on 6th May 2020
2 liaison officers for each location of coaches are deployed to assist State Government officials
All efforts are being made to maintain comfortable temperature inside the coaches in the given weather conditions
Railways to assist State Government in all possible manners to help in care of Covid patients
Posted On: 22
JUN 2020 6:50PM by PIB Delhi
Sustaining the fight against Covid-19, Indian Railways has started
providing care to corona patients referred for admission in COVID Coaches
deployed in various states. On 20th June 2020, 42 suspected patients were admitted in COVID Coaches
deployed at Mau Junction in Varanasi division and 17 patients were admitted on
21st June,
2020. 8 patients have already been discharged.
Indian Railways is making an all out effort to supplement the health care
efforts of State Governments. Indian Railways has geared up to provide its 5231
Covid Care Coaches to the States. Zonal Railways have converted these coaches
as COVID Care Centres to be used for very mild / mild cases.
As of now, Indian Railways has deployed total 960 COVID Care coaches in 5
states i.e. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Andhara Pradesh, Telangana and Madhya
Pradesh. Out of total 960 COVID Care coaches, 503 COVID Care coaches have been
deployed in Delhi, 20 in Andhra Pradesh, 60 in Telangana, 372 in Uttar Pradesh
and 5 in Madhya Pradesh.
In Delhi, 503 COVID Care coaches are deployed at 9 locations. 50 COVID
Care coaches are deployed at Shakurbasti, 267 at Anand Vihar, 21 at Delhi
Safdarjung, 50 at Delhi Sarai Rohilla, 33 at Delhi Cant, 30 at Adarsh Nagar, 13
at Delhi Shahadra, 13 at Tughlakabad and 26 at Patel Nagar.
In Uttar Pradesh, total 372 COVID Care coaches have been deployed at 23
different locations i.e. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn., Lucknow, Varanasi,
Bhadohi, Faizabad, Saharanpur, Mirzapur, Subedarganj, Kanpur, Jhansi, Jhansi
Workshop, Agra, Nakha Jungle, Gonda, Nautanwa, Bahraich, Varanasi City,
Manduadih, Mau, Bhatni, Bareilly City, Farrukhabad and Kasganj.
In Madhya Pradesh, total 5 COVID Care coaches are deployed at Gwalior. In
Andhra Pradesh, total 20 COVID Care coaches are deployed at Vijayawada while in
Telangana, a total of 60 COVID Care coaches are deployed at 3 different
locations i.e. Secunderabad, Kachguda and Adilabad.
As per guidelines of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
Government of India, these State Governments have sent the requisition to
Indian Railways and Railways have allocated these coaches to the State/UTs.
It is worth mentioning that Indian Railways is working as Service
Provider of Coaches as COVID Care Centres as its contribution to national
cause. Doctors and paramedics are to be provided by State Governments. This is
as per MOHFW guidelines issued on 6th May 2020.
Railways is deploying 2 liaison officers for each location of coaches to
assist State Government officials. All efforts are being made to reduce
the heat in the coaches in the given weather conditions. Railways to assist
State Government in all possible manners to help in care of Covid patients.
It may be noted that these Coaches can be used for very mild cases that
can be clinically assigned to the Covid Care centers as per guidelines issued
by MoHFW. These coaches can be used in areas where State has exhausted the
facilities and needs to augment capacities for isolation of both suspect and
confirmed Covid cases. These facilities are part of the integrated COVID plan
developed by MoHFW and NITI Ayog.
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