Commuters had a 'stop-n-stare-n-share-a-selfie' moment amidst the Thursday morning frenzy at Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) on Thursday. The Lifeline Express, which is a hospital in a train, was parked at Platform No 10. The seven-compartment train has undergone a two-month revamp at the Matunga yard workshop.

"We have had two carriages refurbished," said Impact India's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder-Director Zelma Lazarus. Two of the carriages of 1992 vintage have been replaced by newer coaches. The coaches are of 2006 vintage and donated by the Railways this year and have been converted into hospital facilities with the cancer screening unit, pathology lab and pharmacy contained in the old coaches, reinstalled in them. This mobile hospital is an Indian Railways and Impact India Foundation partnership initiative and treats primarily the rural poor absolutely free of cost. "We are totally dependent on the Railways," said Lazarus, "from getting new compartments from the Railways, to running on broad gauge tracks." Neelam Kshirsagar, head of fund raising and partnerships at Impact India, said, "We also need to have a 'siding' where the train can stop and be stationed for days." Ramesh Surin, chairman, Impact, had a laconic, "fantastic and satisfying" as he saw the train stationed at platform 10.