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COVID-19: Where to place isolation railway coach hospitals in Mumbai?
Updated On: 20 April, 2021 08:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Unlike in lockdown in 2020, trains are working and there is heavy passenger movement, so it is difficult to place them at earlier listed stations due to the threat of infection

Inside an isolation coach deployed at Nandurbar railway station for COVID-19 patients. Pics/PTI
After rail coaches were used for COVID-19 patients in Nandurbar, Mumbai railway authorities are wondering where to place isolation railway coach hospitals in the city, as unlike in the lockdown in 2020, this time regular passenger transport is on. Railway officials said they have formed committees at the divisional level to assess the issue.
Gunny bags and a water drip system are used to lower temperature inside the coaches
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