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COVID-19: Railways converts 2,500 coaches as isolation wards
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Indian Railways has converted 2,500 coaches into isolation wards, achieving almost half of its target of making 5,000 such coaches, as part of government's efforts to combat coronavirus.
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Nursing officers voluntarily choose to serve at AIIMS COVID ICU ward
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Setting a novel example for others, a group of five nurses has voluntarily come forward to provide their services at the newly setup COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the backdrop of coronavirus cris
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Coaches transformed into isolation wards in Patna and Bhubaneswar by India
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna/Bhubaneswar (Bihar/Odisha) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): Coaches have been transformed into isolation wards by the Indian Railways in Patna and Bhubaneswar to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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World Bank extends USD 1 billion emergency funding to India amidst COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 3 (ANI): The World Bank on Thursday (local time) approved USD 1 billion emergency financing to India which will support better screening of coronavirus patients, contact tracing, and laboratory diagnostics. The fund will also be used for procurement of personal
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Northern Railway converts 40 coaches into isolation wards, manufactures 60
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): The Northern Railway has said it has converted 40 coaches into isolation wards for COVID-19 patients and has manufactured 325 litres of hand sanitisers and 600 face masks.
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Coronavirus: Railways converting 312 coaches into isolation wards
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): In a bid to increase the country's capacity for isolation facilities, the Railways is converting sleeper class coaches into isolation wards by modifying the coaches to make them suitable to act as quarantine hubs.
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Lockdown effect: Emergency wards across country see surge in severe alcoho
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Amid a lockdown in the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus, health facilities across the country are seeing a surge in patients with severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms--reveals a report published by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AI
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South Western Railway gearing to convert 300 coaches into isolation wards
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): In a bid to increase the country's capacity for isolation facilities, the Railways is converting sleeper class coaches into isolation wards by modifying the coaches as per prototype issued by Railway Board to make them suitable to act as quarantine
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Combating COVID-19: States, UTs take initiatives at Panchayat level
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): As part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, states and Union Territories have taken several steps at the panchayat level including setting up of isolation wards, laying thrust on social distancing and increased sanitation of public places.
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COVID-19: More than 6500 hospital beds of Railways to be made available as
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): To prevent the spread of coronavirus, Indian Railways is making an all out effort to supplement the health care efforts of the Central government. The Railways has modified passenger coaches as isolation coaches and equipped the existing Railway hospitals to
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COVID-19: Private firm in Trichy donates robots to govt hospital
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): A private software company in Tiruchirappalli has donated humanoid robots to a government hospital in the city for delivering medicines to patients at COVID-19 isolation wards.
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COVID-19: NF Railway starts converting train coaches into isolation wards
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The Indian Railways is converting train coaches into isolation wards to prepare for a fight against coronavirus to meet the increasing demand for beds.
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