Lifeline Express a boon to Haridwar residents

The Lifeline Express at Haridwar railway station. 

Haridwar, November 17
The Lifeline Express, a hospital on wheels, is proving to be beneficial to residents of Haridwar.

Stationed at the Haridwar railway station till December 1, it is equipped with the state-of-the-art medical facilities and equipment. It is a joint effort of the Impact India Foundation and Mahindra & Mahindra.

The Lifeline Express is an initiative against avoidable disablement, which has been on the national agenda for decades.

In five AC coaches with modern gadgets, a specialised team of doctors is performing operations and treating patients on a daily basis with local surgeons also offering their services.

This hospital on wheels has, so far, treated 6 lakh physically challenged persons and those suffering from with eye (cataract), ear (deafness), cleft lip, teeth and other ailments.

Chief executive officer of the Lifeline Express Randheer Singh said it had been serving people across the country since 1991 and its focus was more on the remote areas.

With the ambitious Rishikesh-Karanprayag railway line being built in the state, Subravrat Bhattacharjee, senior vice-president of Mahindra & Mahindra, expressed hope that this service would also be available to the people living in the hilly districts of the state.

Haridwar is the second city benefiting from the Lifeline Express in Uttarakhand. Earlier, it had been stationed at Rudrapur in 2007.