{"id":7488,"date":"2021-06-09T22:24:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/lifeline-express-sykehustog-i-india\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T13:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T11:55:49","slug":"hospital-train-in-india-lifeline-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/en\/hospital-train-in-india-lifeline-express\/","title":{"rendered":"India -The Lifeline Express Train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IMPACTs Lifeline Express \u2013 the world\u2019s first hospital to go on rails.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Six railway carriages have been rebuilt to create a \u2018surgical hospital on wheels\u2019, enabling free of charge medical intervention for large groups of impoverished people in hard-to-reach areas who stand without any form of health care services in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since our start-up in 1991, more than 600 000 disabled people in India have been treated for unnecessary disabilities such as clubfoot and musculature issues, middle ear complications, cataracts, tooth issues and cleft palate onboard the Lifeline Express.<\/p>\n\n\n

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More than 100 000 health care professionals \u2013 from both India and beyond \u2013 have contributed with their skills and competence, and in a cost efficient way laid the foundation for a new life for thousands of disabled people. Proving our concept\u2019s efficiency, it has now been duplicated with four Lifeline Express trains in China in addition to two in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Lifeline Express\u00a0has received a number of distinctions, including\u00a0United Nations\u2019 Grand Award for Excellence in Public Service<\/strong>, as well as being honoured by the Indian government with the release of a national stamp with the image of Lifeline Express.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watch the Lifeline Express documentary \u201dThe Magic Train of India\u201d from BBC here.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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