India is gearing up to ready two container-based mobile hospitals for emergency deployment in cases of natural or other calamities, as part of the Rs 64,000 crore, Prime Minister Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission unveiled by PM Narendra Modi.
The hospital will be the first of its kind in Asia. The unique feature of the hospitals will be that they can be rushed to any place, by rail or air to address a health emergency.
The two hospitals will be placed in Delhi and Chennai. They would have 100 beds each and each hospital unit would have 33 containers for emergency medical care.
