The 'lifeline Express' train has reached insurgency-infested Dantewada district in South Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
The 'Hospital on Wheels' has six coaches.There are two compartments in the train that are meant for conducting surgeries while one coach is meant for attending to OPD patients.
Tribal Development Minister Kedar Kashyap inaugurated the health camp in the lifeline Express at district headquarters Dantewada on Wednesday. The free treatment to patients will be available till October 26. About 3,500 patients had been identified from Bijapur and Sukma districts also, officials informed.