In a bid to address the bed crunch in hospitals amid rising COVID-19 cases, Indian Railways is making an all out effort to supplement the health care efforts. “Total 5601 train coaches were converted as Covid Care Centers by Indian Railway. Presently, total 3816 Coaches are available for the use as Covid Care Coaches.
The Coaches can be used for very mild cases that can be clinically assigned to the Covid Care centers as per guidelines issued by MoHFW. These covid care coaches is being deployed as per demand by State Government,” according to a statement by the Indian Railway Ministry.