Coronavirus: SER opens 50-bed isolation ward in Ranchi railway

South Eastern Railway (SER) has opened a 50-bed isolation ward in Ranchi rail division hospital in view of vel coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Sunday.

Apart from 50-bed isolation ward, a 24/7 emergency team has also been deployed at hospital, SER said in a statement. Cleaning workers of SER are sanitising points of human contact such as doorkbs, washbasins and benches at major railway stations at regular intervals, it said.

re are 45 railway stations in Ranchi railway division of SER. SER is also undertaking an awareness drive about COVID-19 through public dress systems at major stations and inside compartments of local trains across railway zone, SER CPRO Sanjay Ghosh said.

(Representational Im, Courtesy: PTI)