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| Free Health Care Service |
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| (a) Moblie Medical Services |
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The free mobile health care service
provides medical relief to the deprived segments of society
around Chandigarh and Haryana. The work is being carried on
in Indira Colony and Colony No. 4, Chandigarh, Rajiv Colony
near Panchkula and in villages around Malah and Kedarpur.
Medical consultation, medicines including tablets, capsules,
ointments, eye drops and injections are provided free of cost.
Tooth extractions are also done by a dentist. |
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Tooth Extraction in Prog. |
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| Medicine Cabinet of M.M.W. |
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| (b) Camps |
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| (i) Eye |
Free eye camps are conducted in collaboration with the Post
Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)
and GMCH, Chandigarh in which eye patients are examined and
treated free of cost. Selected cases are operated for cataract
and other ailments and specks are provided freely to those
having error of refraction. |
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| (ii) Skin |
Skin camps are also organized on Mobile
Medical Unit, in which renowned skin specialists examine & treat
skin patients. |
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| (iii) Blood Donation Camp |
| A blood donation camp is organized on National Youth Day. |
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| (c) Sonography |
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| Free Ultrasonography (USG) is available in the dispensary
for referred cases. Free camps are also organized at mobile
dispensary sites. |
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| (d) Community Health
Services |
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A health education
programme pertaining to Tobacco Use Prevention (TUP) has been
undertaken in a slum area of Indira Colony and Manimajra, with
the financial assistance from WHO provided through Ramakrishna
Mission, Varanasi. Under the programme, awareness about health
hazards of tobacco use is imparted to the people by showing
video films, distributing pamphlets etc. Workers selected from
the locality and trained in Ramakrishna Mission, Varanasi are
utilized for the purpose. |
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| (e) Homeopathy |
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The charitable homoeopathic
dispensary is of great help to the people of this area. Some
cases are referred to this dispensary even by reputed doctors
and others come even from distant areas. It is open on every
Thursday from 3 to 5 pm. |
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