Railway deploys 2670 Covid Care Beds at 9 Railway Stations

The Indian Railways converted its train coaches into Covid Care coaches at various places across the nation. Its fleet of 4000 coaches (retrofitted as isolation units) has a capacity of 64000 beds.

As per currently available data, these facilities are seeing a steady intake registering a cumulative admission of 81 Covid patients and their subsequent discharge of 22 patients without any casualties.

The updated position of the utility of these coaches positioned at the nine major stations in the States of Delhi, UP, MP and Maharashtra are as follows:

Delhi:

In Delhi, the Railway has catered to the full demand of State Governments’ demand for 75 Covid Care coaches with a capacity of 1200 beds.

50 coaches are positioned at Shakurbasti 25 coaches at AnandVihar stations. Presently, 5 patients were admitted at Shakurbasti and one patient discharged.

Madhya Pradesh

In Bhopal the Railway has deployed 20 Isolation Coaches with a capacity of 292 beds. 3 patients were admitted and are presently utilising the facility.

Maharashtra

In Nandrubar, 24 Isolation Coaches with a capacity of 292 beds have been deployed. This facility has registered 73 admissions till date. Of the 55 patients’ admissions in the current Covid spell, 7 patients have been discharged.  4 new admissions were recorded during the day (26.4.2021). The Unit has 326 beds still available for Covid patients.

Uttar Pradesh

In UP, though coaches have not yet been requisitioned by State Govt, 10 coaches each are placed at Faizabad, Bhadohi, Varanasi, Bareli & Nazibabad totalling to a capacity of 800 beds (50 coaches).