An electric locomotive manufacturer in India's West Bengal has come up with an automated trolley to minimise exposure of health workers who are at the forefront of the battle against novel coronavirus.

Footage filmed in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district, on May 4 shows the automated trolley being used to serve a COVID-19 patient in a hospital.

The trolley, which comes fitted with a webcam and can be operated easily from a distance of 30 metres, is seen parking itself next to the patient while carrying a box of medicine. The patient then picks up the medicine and the trolley is pulled back using a remote control.

According to the reports, the trolley was manufactured by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, a government-owned unit.

An electric locomotive manufacturer in eastern India's West Bengal has come up with an automated trolley to minimise exposure of health workers who are at the forefront of the battle against novel coronavirus.

Visual showed the automatic trolley being used to serve a COVID-19 patient in a hospital. The trolly, which comes fitted with a webcam and can be operated easily from a distance of 30 metres, was seen parking itself next to the patient while carrying a box of medicine.

After the patient picks up the medicine, the trolly is pulled back through a remote controller.

The webcam will facilitate patients to interact with their family members while undergoing treatment at the hospital.

According to the reports, the trolly has been manufactured by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, a government-owned unit.

With a spike in COVID-19 cases in West Bengal, the company decided to launch the device to help healthcare workers limit their interactions with COVID-19 patients.