Buses in London have been converted to temporary ambulances due to an increase in coronavirus outbreaks. Most of the seats on each single-decker bus have been removed to relieve the intense pressure of the hospital and London ambulance services, so that each can carry four patients.
Transportation-owned bus company Go-Ahead has taken the initiative to help evacuate patients, including their reopened London Nightingale Field Hospital.
They will employ volunteers, physicians and nurses involved in the NHS in this service, as well as in intensive care at St. John's Ambulance.
It has also hired four drivers for go-ahead vehicles. The buses are designed in such a way that important medical equipments including infusion pumps and monitors can be used to keep the patients stable and monitor their condition.
The buses will also have oxygen system. Vehicles will be able to charge the necessary electrical equipment from their batteries. There will be arrangements to help patients who need to breathe or administer intravenous drugs while traveling.
The transfer process will begin in the next few days. These buses will help London's ambulance service as well. These ambulances are not able to cope with the pressure. During Christmas, London became the epicenter of the second wave of coronaviruses. Since then, London Corona has been struggling to cope with patients.
