The Union Railway Ministry has included Chhattisgarh among key States where a further improved ‘life line Express Project’ would be launched next year, officials informed.
The other states are --Telangana, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, MP, Gujarat besides other locations, officials informed.
Notably, Indian Railways in partnership with 'Impact India Foundation' has made available two additional coaches for Cancer treatment and family health services on lifeline Express.
These additional services will be provided to augment the existing restorative surgeries 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 (OTs) will be available for free-of-cost services to the rural poor across India. A total of 10,000 persons will benefit at each project location. The augmented seven-coach lifeline Express will commence its 178th lifeline Express project at Satna, in Madhya Pradesh (MP) from December 15, 2016 till January 5, 2017.
This is a unique project which has so far medically treated over one million disabled poor in rural India, all free of cost, made possible with the ‘donated’ services of over 200,000 medical professionals from around the world, officials informed.
At 177 projects across India, the lifeline Express has performed more than one lakh surgeries for restoration of mobility, vision, hearing and correction of facial deformities. The lifeline Express has also provided treatment for Epilepsy and dental ailments.
The 'lifeline Express' train had reached insurgency-infested Dantewada district in South Bastar region of Chhattisgarh in October this year .
The 'Hospital on Wheels' has six coaches.There were two compartments in the train that are meant for conducting surgeries while one coach is meant for attending to OPD patients.