The Lifeline Express or Jeevan Rekha Express is a hospital wagon run by Impact India Foundation . It was developed in collaboration with the Indian Railway and the Ministry of Health and has been funded by Impact UK, an international charity source, home of Indian firms and individuals. It started on July 16, 1991; in 2010 the service has completed nearly 120 projects, benefiting more than 600,000 rural inhabitants of India.
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Destination
Lifeline express begins providing on-site medical, diagnostic and surgical treatment for prevention and curative interventions for adults and children with disabilities. This is an outreach program for inaccessible rural areas where medical services are not available, traveling through Indian Railways. In addition to providing access to these much-needed services, Lifeline express seeks to improve the efficiency of existing local government and voluntary healthcare and services, and to provide initiatives and encouragement for local agencies to engage in all aspects of the program and provide follow-up services after the train depart.
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Services
The Lifeline Express provides a number of medical services including
- Orthopedic surgical interventions for defect correction and restoration of movement, especially those caused by polio, congenital defects such as legs and amp; cerebral palsy.
- Eye procedures and intervention, e.g. cataract surgery including the phaco method and the distribution of electric spectacles after establishing partially blind patient needs.
- Surgical intervention for middle ear conductive deformity for hearing & amp; Audiometry to restore hearing of sensory deafness patients.
- Correction of plastic surgery from Cleft Lip and post burns. Epilepsy - Screening and care clinic run by Epileptologist along with counseling and education about epilepsy provided by Epilepsy counselors
- Counseling and referral services.
- Relationships with local health authorities and their follow-up.
- Immunization and other precautions.
- Assessment and nutrition services.
- Promoting health awareness among those deprived in rural and semi-urban abandoned areas
- Provide training to allied medical and health professionals and other voluntary personnel in surgical procedures, medical and health issues to work in unique field situations.
Trains visit different parts of the country, usually rural areas with inadequate Health facilities, or areas affected by natural disasters, etc., and stay everywhere for 21 to 25 days while medical care (routine as well as major surgery) is given to locals. The train that started in 1991 still operates.
Facilities
Lifeline express trains are built from specially designed air-conditioned trainers. It has two surgical operating rooms with three plus two operating tables, a sterilizing area, two patient recovery rooms, an airplane generator, a pantry car, medical supplies storage, and accommodation for medical staff. The New Lifeline express was given by Indian Railways in 2007 and is made up of five trainers. The first coach is an electric car that also has a staff compartment and a kitchen area. The staff compartment is located at the back with 12th quarter staff, kitchen unit, water purifier, gas stove, electric oven, and refrigerator. The second trainer consists of a drug store, as well as two autoclave units. It's also a living room. The train has a main Operation Theater with three operating tables and a second self-contained theater with two tables. In the main theater, each table has its own anesthesia apparatus, a shadow lamp, a Boyles tool with a Halotan vaporizer and imported Carl Zeiss microscope, multi-purpose monitor, defibrillator, diathermy cautery machine, ventilator anesthesia etc. The theater is equipped with a closed-circuit television camera used in training local doctors in life-surgery procedures. The built-in six-bed rest room is located beside the main theater. Lifeline Express also has a standalone operating theater. The second theater can be separated to form a stand-alone operating theater, and will be used in disaster management.
In addition, the train has an ophthalmologic test room, a dental unit, a laboratory, an X-ray unit and an auditorium with a large LCD display unit. The train also has a public address system and closed circuit TV.
Indian Railway after 16 years of work (93 projects in various parts of India) from Lifeline Express has provided the Impact India foundation with five new trainers, for the new and improved Jeevan Rekha Express. There is only one theater operating in the old theater; But according to Lifeline Express CEO Dr. Rajnish Gourh, the operating theater will be multiplied now. The rest of the settings remain the same.
Lifeline Express started on July 16, 1991, with three trainers donated by IR, and equipment from Impact India, a nonprofit organization based in seven countries around the world, with India headquarters in Mumbai. Impact India is still running the train with the help of IRs and companies and private donors.
References
External links
- Impact of Indian foundation.
- IMPACT Foundation UK.
- BMJ Students
- The Guardian
- Multimedia features: Indian Hospital Train
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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