France has "medicalized" several of its high-speed TGV trains to transport coronavirus patients from harder-hit cities to less affected places in the country.

On March 26, the first service of France's "medicalized" TGV transported 20 critically ill COVID-19 patients from France's coronavirus epicenter — the Grand Est region in the east — to the Loire region in the west where there are more hospital beds, according to NPR.

Each TGV rail car can accommodate four patients and a six-person medical team.

The six-person medical team includes junior and intensive care doctors, three nurses, and an anesthetist, according to Business Traveller.

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France has converted its TGV high-speed trains into a moving hospital to transport coronavirus patients from regions strongly impacted by coronavirus to less affected places in the country.

On March 26, the first service of France's "medicalized" TGV train — a high-speed train that connects major French cities to each other and other European cities — transported 20 critically ill COVID-19 patients from France's Grand Est region in the northeast to the Lore region in the west where there are more hospital beds, according to NPR.

Grand Est is considered the epicenter of France's COVID-19 outbreak, The New York Times reported. There are almost 6,000 coronavirus cases in Grand Est, as opposed to about 400 in the Lore region, Wired reported.

In total, there have been 44,550 COVID-19 cases and 3,024 deaths in France as of March 30, The Hill reported.

Keep scrolling to see the "TGV medicalisé" as it transports its critically ill passengers: