Bhopal: In wake of the acute shortage of beds amid a spike in Covid19 cases, Indian Railways has converted 20 coaches into the COVID-19 care centre in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, which will have 320 beds, informed Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday. He further said that these coaches will start functioning from Sunday.

"In Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 20 Covid Care Coaches have been arranged by the Indian Railways, which will have 320 beds. These coaches will start functioning from April 25," tweeted Goyal. Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had assured Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan that the army hospitals in the state will be opened for the public during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Also, amid several states flagged scarcity of medical oxygen in the Covid-19 fight, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said Railways and Air Force were being deployed to reduce the transportation time for oxygen tankers and all State Governments needed to work together to meet requirements of life-saving gas and medicines.

Further, The Indian Railways has converted 4,002 train coaches as a COVID-19 care-cum-isolation facility to provide assistance to state governments amid surging coronavirus cases in the country. Additionally, as some states are facing scarcity of medical oxygen amid surging COVID-19 cases in the country, railways is transporting Liquid Medical Oxygen  and oxygen cylinders across the key corridors.

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