World's first and India's only hospital train 'Lifeline Express' (Jeevan Rekha Train) is currently stationed in Assam's Badarpur. The Indian Railway Ministry recently took to Twitter and shared a few pictures of the hospital train which is equipped with world-class modern medical facilities.
Patients from across the country are treated free of cost on the train, mainly those who come from far-flung and remote areas under the government's flagship programme. A team of doctors is always present on the train.
Set up in 1991, the Lifeline Express is equipped with 2 modern operation theatres, 5 operating tables and other necessary facilities. It is upgraded time to time as technology advances.
The hospital train, a joint initiative of Impact India Foundation and the Indian Railways, is the first of its kind in the world.
