software engineers use "containers" to densify deployments. But in cases like this, real containers can't densify or offer mobility. Indian Railways engineers h

software engineers use "containers" to densify deployments. But in cases like this, real containers can't densify or offer mobility. Indian Railways engineers have submitted a proposal to mobilize trains for quarantine and mobile hospitals. Retrofitting is not too difficult and a prototype with designs have been shared. (even to SAARC nations, I guess). https://theprint.in/india/governance/rail-coach-as-icu-how-modi-govt-plans-to-beat-healthcare-gaps-in-remote-areas/388043/ https://theprint.in/india/governance/rail-coach-as-icu-how-m... Most related excerpts below: ‘A good idea’ According to media reports, a Kochi-based firm called Asset Homes had submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) where it offered to fashion hospitals out of trains. “We have 12,617 trains with 23-30 coaches in our country. We can easily convert them into ‘mobile hospitals’ with facilities like consultation rooms, medical store, ICU and pantry,” the firm’s managing director reportedly wrote in the letter. “Each train can accommodate at least 1,000 beds. Using the 7,500+ railway stations, the patients can be admitted to the trains.” A senior railway official said it was good idea to convert coaches into mobile isolation wards, but added that it would be easier to first convert the railways’ Accident Relief Medical Equipment Vans (ARME) — or rail ambulances — into isolation wards. “These are basically moving hospitals meant to provide medical treatment and assistance in case of rail accidents,” the official said. “It might be easier to convert them into isolation wards since they already have some medical facilities.” Among other steps taken to check the pandemic, the railways have been instructed to introduce isolation wards at railway hospitals.