10 rly staff succumb to virus, 827 test +ve in ECoR zone

Bhubaneswar: As many as 10 employees of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) have died and 827 of its staff have tested positive for Covid-19 so far. Railway minister Piyush Goyal informed the Rajya Sabha about this in a written reply on Friday.
He told the Upper House that 336 railway employees across the country have died of Covid-19 so far and altogether 14,714 of its employees have been infected. Out of the total number of deaths, 67 fatalities were reported from the Central Railway zone.
The second highest number of such deaths were registered in the South Central Railway followed by Western Railway (50 deaths), Southern Railway (21), Northern Railway (17) and North Eastern Railway (17). South Central Railway has reported the highest number of 2,202 positive cases. Keeping the pandemic in mind, ECoR has made elaborate arrangements for diagnosis and treatment of Covid patients in its hospitals. It has created 187 Covid beds in its three major hospitals in Bhubaneswar, Khurda and Visakhapatnam for treatment of its employees.
“Our hospitals are equipped with oxygen gas pipeline, high flow nasal oxygen and ventilators. Besides, special fever clinic is functioning in ECoR hospitals. Doctors and paramedical staff of ECoR have received training to face the Covid-19 challenges and utilisation of modern equipment,” said ECoR chief spokesperson K K Khadanga.
He said ECoR health staff collect swab for RT-PCR test and Rapid Antigen Test (RAT). During antigen test at ECoR headquarters between September 2 and September 4, 25 positive cases were detected. They were admitted to the railway hospital and other Covid hospitals, he added. Around 300 Covid-19 positive patients have been admitted to ECoR hospitals so far. ECoR has been organizing awareness drives during the Covid-19 pandemic and strictly following all regulations.
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