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Rlys manufactures prototype of isolation ward in non-AC coaches

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New Delhi: The railways has manufactured a prototype of an isolation ward for treating coronavirus patients by converting non-air-conditioned train coaches, it said on Saturday.
Once the best practices are finalised in the next few days, each railway zone would manufacture a rake with 10 coaches every week, the national transporter added. “Then we will serve the hinterlands or whichever region needs the coaches,” Northern Railway Spokesperson Deepak Kumar said.
To make the modified isolation ward, the middle berth was removed, the lower portion of the compartment plugged by plywood and a provision of partition provided from the aisle side for the isolation of the compartment, the railways said. Each coach would have 10 isolation wards, it added.
For medical equipment to be plugged in, the railways has provided 220-volt electrical points in each compartment, which have air curtains segregating one patient from the other.
The railways has also provided a provision for 415-volt supply externally. The four toilets in each coach have been converted into two bathrooms by plugging the toilet pan and with proper flooring.
Each bathroom will have a hand shower, a bucket and a mug. There is also a provision for bottle-holders, which can hold four bottles in each compartment. Not just the wards for patients, the coaches will also have facilities such as consultation rooms, medical stores, ICUs and pantry.
Some other railway zones are also experimenting to convert non-AC coaches into isolation wards. (PTI)

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