India - Stationary trains used as hospitals for the first time in 167 years

For the first time in 167 years, the Indian railways, the world's largest network, blocked all trains until April 14th. While many of the mechanical workshops that usually dedicate themselves to the repairs and maintenance of convoys have been converted for the production of respirators, stretchers, hospital beds and masks, 20 thousand disused sleeping carriages have been transformed into hospital wards. This was announced by his tweet profile Piyush Goyal, Indian Minister of Railways and Commerce, adding images of the wagons, fully equipped to host patients in isolation, with respirators and all the tools to keep health values ​​under control. Rajesh Dutt Bajpai, head of the Railways Communication Department, told CNN that the first 5000 wagons will be ready within a few days.
The Indian Railways already have a nearly thirty-year history of care and diagnosis thanks to a hospital that travels on the widespread network of Indian tracks: Lifeline Express, a train-clinic wanted by the Impact Indian foundation, a private foundation, in collaboration with the Indian Ministry of Health , has been traveling since 1991 offering diagnosis, treatment and even surgery: it has since touched 19 states and treated nearly a million people.