(Bloomberg) -- Inside a makeshift tent pitched on a
west Indian railway platform, Daji Mohite awaits an operation to
remove cataracts. He's about to board the Lifeline Express, the
world's oldest charity hospital on train tracks.
``I have waited for so many years for this surgery,'' says
Mohite, 66, a retired factory worker who survives on his one-time
150,000-rupee ($3,700) pension payout. ``One fine day the train
comes here and it is sheer magic. I will be able to see better.''
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west Indian railway platform, Daji Mohite awaits an operation to
remove cataracts. He's about to board the Lifeline Express, the
world's oldest charity hospital on train tracks.
``I have waited for so many years for this surgery,'' says
Mohite, 66, a retired factory worker who survives on his one-time
150,000-rupee ($3,700) pension payout. ``One fine day the train
comes here and it is sheer magic. I will be able to see better.''
Read more at Bloomberg Exclusive News
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