Hospital train, Lifeline Express, arriving in Latur on June 15
The Lifeline Express, touted to be the world's first hospital train providing medical aid and relief to patients living in far-flung and inaccessible areas, is arriving in Maharashtra's Latur next week. The train, started in 1991, is a flagship project of Impact India Foundation, an NGO, and the Indian Railways. Since then, it has traveled across the country, providing medical aid to poor patients.
Train is equipped with state-of-the-art OT and has surgeons
The five-coach train will stay in Latur from June 15 to July 6 and then leave for Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, said DK Sharma, General Manager, Central Railway. The hospital train is equipped with a state-of-the-art operation theatre and has surgeons on board who have performed surgeries on cleft lips and polio-affected limbs. It provides free of cost treatment to patients.
Hospital train provided treatment to over 1 million poor patients
"This hospital train has provided medical aid to over 1mn disabled poor patients in rural India free cost of cost, which is made possible with the donated services of over 2L professionals from across the globe," said Ramesh Sarin, Chairman of Impact India Foundation. Lifeline Express so far had performed over 1.37L surgeries for the restoration of mobility, vision, hearing, and correction of facial-deformities.
