Kolkata, Jun 28 (UNI) S P. Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, Eastern Railway (ER), Sealdah, today flagged off the Railway Mobile Health Unit ‘AAROGYA’ and Mobile COVID Vaccination Centre at Sealdah station.
This special medical coach is intended for health check-up and vaccination of the Railway employees & their families, posted at far off stations under the Sealdah Division of ER. On its inaugural run, the train will move up to Ranaghat.
The Rail Mobile COVID Vaccination Centre is introduced in ER jurisdiction. Dr. Rudrendu Bhattacharya, Chief Medical Director, ER, Kolkata was present on the occasion.
‘Aarogya’ is an air-conditioned EMU coach with separate compartments for patient waiting, doctors’ room, observation area, dressing room/minor OT etc. with oxygen cylinder & basic resuscitative equipment.
The mobile health unit will be used for performing health check-ups of the Railway employees at different stations of Sealdah Division and also for public awareness activities & public health.
This Mobile Health Unit will be manned by doctors & paramedical staff of B R Singh Hospital, ER.
This coach will be moved independently in any direction to any Railway station or shed within the jurisdiction of Sealdah Division, covering Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia and Murshidabad.
The West Bengal State Health authorities have inspected this mobile health unit ‘Aarogya’ and approved to run as mobile COVID vaccination centre to wayside stations and for taking COVID vaccine from the quota being supplied to B R Singh Hospital and vaccinating Railway beneficiaries for three categories – 1) The frontline workers, 2) dependents of the Railway employees aged more than 45 years & 3) the retired Railway employees.
Login ID of BRSH CVC in Co-Win portal will be used and it will move as an extension of B R Singh Hospital as COVID Vaccination Centre with extra vaccine vials to be supplied by Kolkata district of West Bengal Government which will be a maximum of 140 doses per trip. All directives of the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Govt. of India will be followed in the vaccination procedure scrupulously.
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