Besides numerous special tractors, tableaux of makeshift learning centres, measures to keep “outsiders” from infiltrating the site, there is a hospital on wheels as part of the preparations done by hundreds of volunteers for the Kisan Republic Day Parade.
A tractor with the words — Kisan Hospital On Wheels — written on it is getting ready for the day. It has four beds along with necessary equipment and will go along with the other tractors during the parade. It is being set up by a non-profit organisation (NPO), Life Care Foundation, which has been running a makeshift hospital at the border for three weeks.
Avtar Singh, who started the NPO, said many doctors have volunteered to be a part of the parade. He said atleast 10 doctors and two ambulances will be present at the spot. “There will be an ECG machine, electrolyte liquid and oxygen cylinders. Even if there is a minor emergency, we will be able to handle it at that very moment,” Mr. Avtar said, adding that…