hospital train
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hospital train
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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On Saturday a government official also said that the country sent a hospital train that will pick up those wounded in the war in Mostyska, in western Ukraine, and bring them to Warsaw for treatment.
From Seattle Times
He adds that this is not unusual for the railways, which already runs several “special” trains, from luxury trains to exhibition trains to a hospital train, complete with operation theatres.
From BBC
A hospital train has arrived and the wounded fit to be moved are being selected.
From Literature
The hospital trains its own vision screeners, most of them young women; a separate program trains primary schoolteachers to test their students’ sight using eye charts.
From Seattle Times
Their success has been mirrored in other hospital trains in China and in South Africa.
From BBC
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