20 SMRT Buses Converted Into COVID-19 Buses with ‘Cockpit Drivers’ to Transport COVID-19 Patients

Previously, over 250 Grab drivers and about 70 drivers from Stride, a subsidiary of SMRT, were deployed to help drive suspect Covid-19 cases to NCID or other hospitals.

And now, SMRT has converted twenty of their buses into Covid-19 buses.

How do you make a Covid-19 bus?

Here’s How

On the outside, it’s just like any other SMRT bus.

But the magic happens inside.

Most buses in Singapore has two doors, one at the front and one at the back.

And for these buses, the two doors lead to different worlds, just like the Chronicles of Narnia.

The front door will lead to the driver’s compartment, or the cockpit as my illustrious colleague says.

Walls were built between the front and back section of the buses and are totally insulated from one another.

The cockpit has a seat for the driver and two other seats for a paramedic and other personnel.

Each section of the bus has its own airconditioning system to prevent the spread of the virus.

There’s also an emergency door for paramedics to attend to patients in case of an emergency.

A version 2 of these buses will be made where the passenger section of the bus will be installed with negative pressure systems.

This, she says, will ensure that the patients’ air will be scrubbed clean before being vented out.

To Be Deployed By End Of Next Week

With this, buses can safely transport Covid-19 patients between facilities.

The buses will be rolled out into service by the end of next week and an additional 30 buses have been ordered.

Anyone with a class 4 license can apply with SMRT to drive these buses, she added.

You Can Read Her Full Facebook Post Below:

Singapore Healthcare Capacity Still ‘Healthy’

Reader Bao: Wait…if they’re trying to get more “ambulance” for Singapore, does it mean that the situation’s worse than we thought?

Well, my dear bao-ness, they said it’s not because their ambulances are spread too thin.

According to this equally handsome doctor in Singapore, it seems like Singapore’s simply exhibiting the “kiasu” trait which exists within all Singaporeans.

What they’re doing is to think of the future, and prepare for a day where, just in case, the demand for such services really spikes.

Reader Bao: Wait, then can I zhng my own BMW and drive on the roads? The police won’t catch me for illegal modifications, right?

… You’re not even supposed to be driving out right now unless you’re an essential worker.

Reader Bao: True that.