W.Rlw’s Lower Parel workshop makes more than 1000 high quality PPE coveralls for frontline warriors

Considering
the rising number of cases of the Coronavirus Pandemic in India, the
prevention, containment and management of the deadly COVID-19 are being
monitored at very high level & various actions have been suitably reviewed
by the Govt. of India. Doctors and healthcare workers are our frontline
warriors in this fight against the Coronavirus and to fight this battle
effectively Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) have become most essential.

In view of
the large requirements of PPEs in Railway Hospitals, Indian Railways Workshops
and Production Units have been put to the task to manufacture PPEs for medical
personnel. In continuation to this, Western Railway’s Lower Parel Workshop have
put its best foot forward by making over 1050 PPE coveralls along with shoe
covers for the medical fraternity of WR’s Jagjivan Ram Hospital situated
at  Mumbai Central, which is treating
many Coronavirus patients.

According to
a press release issued by WR CPRO Ravinder Bhakar, these PPEs are required in
large quantities by medical personnel working in Western Railway’s 172 bed
Jagjivan Ram Hospital (JRH), Mumbai Central, which is the only Railway Hospital
handling COVID-19 patients in India to protect them from acquiring infections.

The Lower
Parel Workshop have manufactured more than 1000 PPE coveralls with shoe covers
for the medical team working round the clock at Jagjivan Ram Hospital. These
coveralls have proved crucial to safeguard the lives of the medical team of JRH
who are treating over 80 Coronavirus patients. The dedicated team at Lower
Parel Workshop is manufacturing 200 to 225 coveralls daily under strict quality
control as per standards prescribed by the Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare and in special SITRA approved fabric material.

To further
enhance the production, the Mahalaxmi Workshop is also gearing up to start
manufacturing 200 coveralls alongwith shoe covers, daily for JRH. The efforts
put in by the Lower Parel Workshop in coming forward to fight the deadly
Coronavirus Pandemic by providing PPEs for medical fraternity at Jagjivan Ram
Hospital is appreciable.