Ambulance Train: Whenever an accident happens anywhere. So an ambulance is called immediately at such a place. Or someone’s health deteriorates. So even in such a situation people immediately call the ambulance. When the ambulance passes on the road. So all the vehicles present there have to give way to the ambulance. So that the ambulance can help the injured in time.
To provide timely treatment to the sick. But do you know that ambulances are not the only ones that run on the roads. In fact, in India there are also ambulances running on tracks. It also has to give way to other trains to move ahead like vehicles. Let us tell you about this ambulance train.
It is called Lifeline Express
When an accident happens on the road. So the ambulance reaches there immediately. And the injured are able to get medical care. But if a train meets with an accident. Then it becomes difficult for the ambulance to reach there. Because at many places there are no roads or paths. But train ambulance can reach such a place. In India it is known as Life Line Express. Which you might have seen serving in the train accidents that have taken place in the last few months.
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Why was Lifeline Express started?
In the year 1991, Indian Railways started operating Train Ambulance i.e. Lifeline Express for the first time. Actually, the Government of India had started this train ambulance for this reason. So that the poor people living in remote areas of the country cannot go to big cities for treatment. Treatment can be delivered to them at their homes. The government had started this train especially to provide higher medical facilities to those who are physically capable.
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What are the facilities in the train?
Lifeline Express of Indian Railways provides medical facilities to remote areas. So Lifeline Express provides medical facilities even in train accidents. In a way, it can be called a mobile hospital. Lifeline Express reaches where doctors and medicines cannot reach.
It has been designed exactly like a hospital. It has a bed for the patient. It has modern machines and operation theatre. And there is a dedicated medical staff. There is a power generator in every coach of this train. Along with this there is a medical ward. So the same facility of pantry car is also inside the train.
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