Govt. hospitals prepared to treat arriving passengers

Government hospitals in Chennai are prepared to treat passengers who were on the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, and were being brought to Chennai in a special train. Six medical teams will be in place at the Chennai Central Railway Station to triage them, Health Secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi said on Saturday. Inspecting the arrangements in place at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) here, he said instructions were given to the RGGGH to be prepared for treating the passengers. The Deans of Government Stanley Medical College Hospital, Government Omandurar Medical College Hospital and Government Kilpauk Medical College (KMC) Hospital were told to keep the ICUs and wards ready.