Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda augmented two additional coaches to the existing 5 coach hospital train Lifeline Express for detection and control of:
- Oral, breast and cervical cancer.
- Prevention of stroke.
- Family Health Services.
These additional services will be provided to augment existing restorative surges conducted for sight, hearing, clefts, burn contractures and orthopaedic impairment and treatment of epilepsy and dental problems on the Lifeline Express.
Three fully equipped Operation Theatres will be available for free-of-cost services tot he rural poor across India.
Seven coach Lifeline Express will commence its 178th Lifeline Express Service At Satna in MP from Dec 15 to January 5.
Other LLE projects in 2017 will be in Telangana, Chattisgarh, Punjab, MP, Gujarat and other locations.
About the Lifeline Express- Known as Magic Train of India.
- First hospital train in the world.
- Served as a model for other hospital trains and river boat hospitals.
- Treated over one million disabled poor in rural India.
- Treatment is free of cost.
- Donated services from: 200,000 medical professionals
- Current number of LLE projects: 177
- Performed more than one lakh surgeries for restoration of mobility, vision, hearing , correction of facial deformities.
- LLE has provided treatment for epilepsy and dental ailments.
