Lifeline express

Description

This documentary, produced by Fiona Holmes, is on a mobile hospital in India which is in the form of a train. It follows the train as it reaches Bismilla's village. She is a 7 year old girl suffering from polio. Also covers the visit of Sir John Wilson to the train. The project was his brain-child, he met Pandit Nehru 35 years ago and suggested that the way to outreach into the villages of India was via the railway.

Runtime

30 min

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

1994

Database

Alexander Street

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