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Lifeline Express: 5 Points About Indian Railways Hospital On Wheels (Images Here)

Lifeline Express also has two additional coaches for cancer and family health.
Lifeline Express also has two additional coaches for cancer and family health.

The Indian Railways-operated 'Lifeline Express' provides crucial medical services in rural India. According to a report in news agency Reuters, Lifeline Express is a seven coach Indian Railways train which has till date treated about 1.2 million people. Lifeline Express is a train converted into a rolling hospital that has crisscrossed India for years and is treating people living in areas with scarce healthcare. It was launched in 1991 by the non-profit 'Impact India Foundation', said the report. It is also called as 'hospital on wheels'. (Also read: Indian Railways Mega Recruitment Drive)
 

Lifeline Express: 5 Points About Indian Railways Hospital On Wheels (Images Here)
(Patients cover their eyes as they wait before their cataract surgery on the Lifeline Express.)
Here are 5 things to know about Indian Railways-operated 'Lifeline Express':
Lifeline Express: 5 Points About Indian Railways Hospital On Wheels (Images Here)
(Doctors perform middle ear surgery inside an operating theatre on the Lifeline Express.)
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Lifeline Express: 5 Points About Indian Railways Hospital On Wheels (Images Here)
(Doctors perform middle ear surgery inside an operating theatre on the Lifeline Express.)
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(With Reuters Inputs)