Railways Ambala division starts video-consultation facility

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 8

The Ambala division of Northern Railways is ensuring supply of essential goods through its freight operations and running of special parcel trains.

The S&T and Medical Department has come up with video consultation facility, which will enable Covid-19 quarantined patients to directly consult with doctors at Divisional Railway Hospital, Ambala.

This has been achieved by installing android emulator on windows-based system available on laptops and personal computer of doctors who will be available at Divisional Railway Hospital.

WhatsApp account created

WhatsApp Account for Covid-19 helpline number 97295-39520 has been created. Now, any person who seeks to consult a doctor can make a video call on the helpline number.

Five parcel trains, 70 trips

To provide logistics support during the 21-day national lockdown, five parcel express trains are running a total of 70 trips between New Delhi and Guwahati, Amritsar and Howrah, Delhi and JammuTawi, Kalka and Ambala and Dehradun and Delhi.