SAR Phelophepa Car 14 (Dental Clinic, Side B)         
Counting from the power car, this car is fourteenth in the string of eighteen wagons that usuzlly make up the Phelophepa Health Train. This appears to have been a third class passenger coach that was modified to be used as the Phelophepa train's dental clinic. .....oo.0oo..... Phelophepa (a seSotho word for good, clean health) came into being in January 1994. The train takes much needed health care and education to rural areas within South Africa that don't have access to natiokal health services. It is a Transnet Foundation sponsored project that provides not only health care such as optometry, dentistry and basic medical care, but also facilitates heamth education talks to the communities. The train operates for 36 weeks a year and assists approximately 40,000 patients annually.
Date: 6/6/2010 Location: Bellville, Ca  Country Flag Views: 216 Collection Of:   Col AndrĂ© Kritzinger
Rolling Stock: SAS 135215 (Passenger Car) Author:  Col Andre Kritzinger
SAR Phelophepa Car 14 (Dental Clinic, Side B)
Picture Categories: Passenger This picture is part of album:  South Africa's Rolling Stock - Passenger Mainline
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