Lifeline Express, helping the poor
Lifeline Express in not one of the regular trains which are run for normal passengers. Jeevan Rekha Express is another name which is used by people for this train. This train is governed by the Impact India Foundation. This train in a running hospital in the simplest words. The Health Ministry of India and the Indian Railways joined their hands for introducing this train. However, the funds for introducing this train were given by Impact UK.
16 July, 1991 is the date when this train was flagged off for the first time. This train is serving a large number of poor regions of the country. Over so many years, this train has benefited around 4 Lakh people. In the last sixteen years, this train has completed around ninety three projects for the health welfare of those people who are struggling for their good health in the remotest regions of India. At present, 2 trains are operated under the Lifeline Express. Other countries like China and Bangladesh have taken a lesson from this Train and introduced similar trains.
The mission of this train is to reach the disabled people who do not have access to medical facilities in the rural areas of India. On the spot advanced medical diagnosis and surgical treatments are offered to the people who need them. Apart from this, the Lifeline Express also tries to encourage the local people to help the people in need. It tries to make the people aware. For this, it seeks the support of local authorities present in the villages of India. In a way, this train is also educating people to help themselves in the remotest parts of India.
It is a truth that even today there are a lot of villages in India which do not have adequate medical facilities. Many villages do not have a single hospital. This train is doing a very great work for the poor people of the rural areas of India. A large number of medical services like Orthopedic/ surgical treatment for restoration of movement of parts in handicapped people, surgery for correcting the cleft palate etc.are offered by this train.
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