Coronavirus: Indian Railways Converts Non-AC Coaches Into Isolation Wards To Help Treat COVID-19 Patients

Adding muscle to nation's efforts to contain the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Indian Railways has manufactured a prototype of an isolation ward by converting non-air-conditioned train coach, reports Times of India.

The spokesperson of the Northern Railways Deepak Kumar asserted that once manufacturing of these converted isolation wards begins, these shall be used to serve the hinterlands or whichever region would need the coaches for treating the patients.