{"id":63476,"date":"2020-03-31T18:04:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T13:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63476"},"modified":"2020-03-31T18:04:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T13:04:13","slug":"pr-turns-train-coaches-into-isolation-wards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pr-turns-train-coaches-into-isolation-wards.html","title":{"rendered":"PR turns train coaches into isolation wards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: With the railways service suspended around the country, Pakistan Railways has converted all the business class and air-conditioned sleeper coaches on its trains into mobile isolation wards for patients suffering from the novel coronavirus \u2014 a news source reported. As per the publication, the aim behind this initiative was to provide the authorities concerned with an additional 2,000 beds to accommodate affectees of the virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-railways-finalises-policy-to-lease-4685-acres.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pakistan Railways finalises policy to lease 4,685 acres of land for commercial use (opens in a new tab)\">Pakistan Railways finalises policy to lease 4,685 acres of land for commercial use<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These wards can now be sent to any part of the country where\nadditional beds may be needed, Railways Minister Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad told the\nmedia. Nearly 220 train coaches have been converted into the isolation wards\nand each coach has about 9 compartments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Pakistan Railways has also made 100 beds available in each of the seven divisions of the Pakistan Railways; including Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Sukkur and Multan. Each hospital is also equipped with a ventilator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railways-ordered-revive-kcr-six-months.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Railways ordered to revive KCR in six months (opens in a new tab)\">Railways ordered to revive KCR in six months<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan Railways has suspended all passenger train services\nas a coronavirus precaution. However, the freight trains have been launched again\nto ensure food supply around the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: With the railways service suspended around the country, Pakistan Railways has converted all the business class and air-conditioned sleeper coaches on its trains into mobile isolation wards for patients suffering from the novel coronavirus \u2014 a news source reported. As per the publication, the aim behind this initiative was to provide the authorities concerned with an additional 2,000 beds to accommodate affectees of the virus. Read: Pakistan Railways finalises policy to lease 4,685 acres of land for commercial use These wards can now be sent to any part of the country where additional beds may be needed, Railways Minister Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad told the media. Nearly 220 train coaches have been converted into the isolation wards and each coach has about 9 compartments. Additionally, Pakistan Railways has also made 100 beds available in each of the seven divisions of the Pakistan Railways; including Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Sukkur and Multan. Each hospital is also equipped with a ventilator. Read: Railways ordered to revive KCR in six months Pakistan Railways has suspended all passenger train services as a coronavirus precaution. However, the freight trains have been launched again to ensure food supply around the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":61922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24777],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-pr-turns-train-coaches-into-isolation-wards"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PR turns train coaches into isolation wards - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: With the railways service suspended around the country, Pakistan Railways has converted all the business class and air-conditioned sleeper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pr-turns-train-coaches-into-isolation-wards.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PR turns train coaches into isolation wards - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: With the railways service suspended around the country, Pakistan Railways has converted all the business class and air-conditioned sleeper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pr-turns-train-coaches-into-isolation-wards.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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