Indian train offers medical lifeline

JALORE, India - When the Lifeline Express rolled into the sleepy Indian town of Jalore, Bhagwana Ram Prajapat was anxiously waiting to board.

The 55-year-old has been desperately looking for treatment for his grandson's cleft lip and the specially converted sky-blue, seven-coach train was the answer to his prayers.

"We had been waiting for the surgery ever since the child was born 18 months ago," said Prajapat as his grandson was wheeled into the operating theater onboard the hospital-train.