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India's first Hospital on Wheels Lifeline Express arrives at Mumbai CSM

The Lifeline Express has travelled across 19 states of India and has covered 201 rural locations in 138 districts thereby providing medical treatment to 12.32 lakh patients including 1.46 lakh cases of surgery

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Lifeline Express is India's first hospital on wheels

Lifeline Express is India's first hospital on wheels

On Thursday, the Lifeline Express, which is India's first Hospital on Wheels arrived at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai this morning. The Lifeline Express was inaugurated for its new set of trips by Dr. R Badri Narayan, Additional General Manager, Central Railway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. The Lifeline Express train will now be moving to Sahibganj for its next project.

Indian Railways in partnership with Impact India Foundation had first introduced and launched the Lifeline Express - the world's first hospital on wheels on July 16, 1991, from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Central Railway with the aim of providing medical care to the poor free of cost in the most remote corners of the country.

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