India, April 7 -- Railways, which has got a nod from the DRDO for making personal protection equipment (PPEs), has now set a target of manufacturing around 1000 of them in its 17 workshops every day.
The PPE overall will offer much needed protection to railway doctors and paramedics working on the front line of COVID care at hospitals of Railways.
"Facilities are being geared up in Railways to make up to 1000 such protective overall for railway doctors and paramedics every day.Around 17 workshops would be striving to contribute to this exercise," the national transporter said in a statement.
Railways is also considering to supply 50 per cent of the innovated PPE garment to other medical professionals of the country.
Material for all the...