Lifeline Express - World's first Hospital Train
The Lifeline Express or Jeevan Rekha Express is World's first hospital train run by the Impact India Foundation. It was developed in collaboration with the Indian Railways and Health Ministry and has been funded by Impact UK, international charitable sources, Indian corporate houses and individuals. It started on 16 July 1991; so far it has medically served over 900,000 people including more than 1,00000 surgeries in the remotest rural parts of the country over the course of 160 projects. Lifeline Express is the world's first hospital-train! Established in 1991, the train has traveled the length and breadth of the country, bringing medical aid and relief to the most far-flung, inaccessible areas. Lifeline Express, which is also commonly called the Magic Train of India is about to complete 23 years of service. The train, is the flagship of Impact India Foundation, in partnership with the Indian Railways. Equipped with a state-of-the-art operation theatre, surgeons on board the train have performed countless disability correction surgeries for cleft lips, polio affected limbs and cataract removals. The train aims to provide healthcare facilities to rural India, which normally has less access to medical services. Over almost 23 years, the train has travelled to numerous parts of India, be it Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh or Kerala. The projects in various states are sponsored by organisations, both private and public. The Lifeline Express offers services like restoration of sight through cataract operations, correction of clefts through surgery, dental services. It also teaches surgeons, working in smaller towns, the finer skills of micro-surgery. According to Impact India, Lifeline Express has become a model for transfer of appropriate technology to other countries to set up similar projects in China, Central Africa and river boat hospitals in Bangladesh and Cambodia.
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