Given the rapid increase in Covid-19 cases, the Railways operated Oxygen Express trains to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders for patients across India, using ‘green corridors’ for expeditious delivery. A ‘green corridor’ is a demarcated, cleared-out special route created for an ambulance or a vehicle to escape traffic congestion and to reach the destination in the shortest possible time.
While ‘green corridors’ have been in use for a few years across cities and states to help transport donated or harvested organs to patients, in these trying times, the same are being used across the nation to enable faster movement of medical equipment and to ensure speedy supply of medical facilities to the patients without any loss of critical time.