Covid Surge: Railways Deploys 20 Isolation Coaches In Bhopal To Address Bed Crunch In Hospitals

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Bhopal:  In a bid to deal with the mattress crunch in hospitals amid rising Covid-19 circumstances, the West Central Railways has deployed 20 isolation coaches at Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal station, which is able to turn into operational from Sunday.

“Around 20 Covid Care Coaches have been arranged in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, by the Indian Railways, which will have 320 beds. These coaches will start functioning fully from April 25,” Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted.

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These coaches have been deployed at platform quantity six of the Bhopal railway station.

An official, nonetheless, stated the coronavirus sufferers needing oxygen assist can’t be admitted right here because the oxygen assist system just isn’t put in in these isolation coaches.

Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan knowledgeable the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will help the state authorities within the building of 1,000 momentary beds at Bina amid surge within the novel coronavirus circumstances.

“Today had a discussion with Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh over the phone. The DRDO will fully assist the state government in the construction of a 1,000 temporary bed at Bina. The supply of oxygen for this hospital has been ensured by the Bina Refinery,” he tweeted in Hindi.

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This comes as Madhya Pradesh’s Covid tally now stands at over 4,50,000 with the state recording over 13,500 contemporary circumstances on Friday.





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