Hospital-on-wheels will travel across the world on the corner of envelopes with the launch of a national postage stamp in its honour
The Lifeline Express, hospital-on-wheels which has cured many a disability as it chugged to various locations in India, will now travel across the world on the corner of envelopes with the launch of a national postage stamp in its honour.
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The train, run by the NGO Impact India, had humble beginnings with initially having just three discarded wooden coaches, but has evolved into a state-of-the-art facility with two air-conditioned operation theatres. The national stamp, which depicts the train steaming off into a rainbow, was released by Maharashtra Governor S C Jamir along with A H Tobaccowala, the head of Impact India.
The train has seen over 80,000 surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and volunteers work on it over the last 18 years to treat more than five lakh patients. "The train has been to almost all corners of the country without any incident. We have been to varied places, including Naxal-hit areas but we have always been welcomed," Randhir Vishwen, Chief Executive of the train, said.
The NGO draws on doctors from across the country to perform about ten "projects", in which a camp is conducted at a location, he said. The surgeons, mostly volunteers from medical colleges, help treat patients suffering from disabilities due to polio, eye problems and cleft lips for free.
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