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The Japanese automaker Toyota has stepped up in this time of need and provided special transport vehicles to hospitals across Japan. The company provided new vehicles to the Showa University Hospital to help transfer critical Covid-19 patients. Toyota received special requests from medical facilities and they delivered by transforming their Hiace van and fitting it with specially requested equipment to facilitate the hospitals. The Toyota AutoBody Co. worked hard to customize the Hiace’s body to the needs of the patients.
The vehicle has been designed keeping in mind the social distancing feature. As such, the front part of the vehicle is completely cordoned off from the back. The driver and the front passenger seat is completely isolated from the rear part of the vehicle. The rear part of the vehicle has passenger seats with an exhaust fan to expunge all the air from inside the vehicle outside.
The company has worked hard to be socially responsible in this time of need. They have already delivered specialized vehicles for patients having mild symptoms and now a vehicle for seriously ill patients has been sent forward. To date, around 12 special vehicles have been sent to hospitals in Japan.
The JPN Taxi and the Toyota Sienta have also been used for this purpose. These vehicles have been distributed to different medical institutes throughout Japan. Toyota has done all this as part of their Kokoro Hakobu Project. They will work hard to provide relief for front line workers helping them in any way possible.
Toyota has been applying safety measures to their worksites based on the policies provided by the government of Japan. It should be kept in mind that Toyota is one of the largest auto manufacturers in the world with yearly sales volumes going well above 10 million. In these hard times, the company has closed many plants and limited production in others to save its staff from contracting the disease. It is expected that the company will face heavy losses in this quarter and the quarter to come. If the world economic situation does not stabilize by the last quarter of this year then big corporations like Toyota will have to cut down on costs and layoff many workers. Reports suggest that last month hardly any new cars were sold in major markets of the world. India, being one of the biggest automobile markets reported zero new purchases in April, which is an alarming statistic.
