The Nishatpura rail coach factory situated in Bhopal has prepared 40 special coaches which would be used for keeping Covid19 patients in isolation.
For the purpose, the factory staff has converted sleeper train coaches into mini isolation facilities. The patients could be put in the bed which is a seat and the mini ward would also have the space for physician and para medical staff.
The factory management is now awaiting an official order for supply of these coaches.
Besides producing isolation coaches, the factory, a Railways entity, is also preparing safety equipment for the railway staffs.
The factory which normally produces modern rail coaches for the train had recently received orders from headquarters to produce isolation wards.
The medical equipment being prepared by the installation would first be supplied to Railway hospitals and other government hospitals as well. The factory has prepared 40 isolation coaches with each coach having the capacity to accommodate ten patients at a time, an officer from factory said.
The coach has all the facilities required for isolation of Covid19 patients. Every section would be isolated with the help of curtains.
Oxygen supply and other equipment have been installed in these coaches. After completion of these 40 isolation coaches, the factory staff is now busy preparing medical equipment, an officer said.
Amid high number of Covid19 cases across the country and limited space to keep them in isolation, Railway board had said that if required 20,000 train coaches would be converted into isolation wards.
The Board had written to zonal offices to make arrangements for converting 5,000 train coaches into isolation facilities in the first phase.