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

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)
 

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)
 

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)
 

(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':

(Doctors perform middle ear surgery inside an operating theatre on the Lifeline Express.)

Indian Railways' Lifeline Express

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(Doctors perform middle ear surgery inside an operating theatre on the Lifeline Express.)

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(With Reuters Inputs)

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