Over 350 patients treated at 2 Army medical camps in north Kashmir

Srinagar, Sep 16: Over 350 patients, including women and children, were treated and provided free medicine at two medical camps organized by Army at Tulail valley and border town of Gurez in north Kashmir district of Bandipora.
         A Defence Ministry spokesperson here this evening said that a Medical cum Veterinary Camp was organised today at Chakwali in Tulail sub division in Bandipora. 
         “The populace was educated on health related issues and oral hygiene via lectures, posters and photographs,” he said, adding a total of 209 villagers, including 36 children, were treated in the camp. “The camp was attended by a team of two Medical Officers, one Dental Officer and three Nursing Assistants,” he said.
         He said another Medical Camp was organised yesterday in village Kanzalwan in the Gurez Sector in Bandipora. “Kanzalwan village is located in an inhospitable location 20 km away from the nearest Sub District Hospital in Dawar,” he said.
         He said the medical camp focused on the elderly, women and children. “Approximately 150 locals from Kanzalwan and Niyalgaon villages attended the medical camp. A team of doctors from the Army and specialists from Civil Sub District Hospital, Dawar attended to the locals with quality medical care and advice,” he said.
         He said the locals were also taught the basics of providing first aid and preventive measures for the common diseases in the area. Medicines were distributed free of cost.
  “The Medical Camps brought huge relief to the locals who appealed to the Army to organize such Medical Camps regularly and were thankful for this noble initiative by the Army,” he added. UNI