Medical camp held
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 20, 2011:
A medical camp was organized under the aegis of Red Shield Division by 357 Field Hosp in association with 165 Infantry Battalion (TA) at Kaimai, a remote village in Tamenglong district on January 18. A medical team consisting of three doctors and four paramedics were dispatched from 57 Mountain Division who attended to patients from Kaimai, Ptholen and other nearby villages.
A press issued by PIB (DW) stated that 512 patients were provided medical care in the medical camp.
Apart from attending to the patients and providing them the required medicines, an interactive lecture was carried out in the community hall by the doctors to educate the villagers on issues pertaining to hygiene and sanitation, childhood diseases, common infectious diseases and pregnancy related problems.