<span style="color: #222222;">Railways has asked it's Production Units to explore possibilities to manufacture essential medical items which can be utilised in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. Railways Ministry has identified facilities like Chittaranjan Loco Works, Chittaranjan, Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, Rail Coach Factory, Kaapurthala, Diesel Loco Works, Varanasi, and Rail Wheel Factory, Yelehanka to manufacture these essential medical items.<br />''<br />''Railway Board has issued necessary instructions to the General Managers of these production units to explore the feasibility of manufacture of items like simple hospital beds, medical trolleys for hospitals and quarantine facilities, stretchers, hospital footsteps, hospital bedside lockers, ventilators, masks and sanitizers. The Board has entrusted the General Managers to explore the feasibility in consultation with Principal Chief Medical Director of the zone/production unit for manufacture of these items in large quantities.</span><br />