Free medical camp held
Source: The Sangai Express
Chandel, April 12 2015 :
A one day free medical camp for remote villages of Khengjoy sub-division was held yesterday at Hengshi village, Chandel district, reports our correspondent.
The free medical camp was jointly organized by Centre for Women and Girls (CWG), Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA), India and Thadou Students' Association (TSA), Chandel district in collaboration with District Health Society, Chandel under the sponsorship of European Commission Humanitarian Organisation (ECHO), Commanding Officer of 32 Assam Rifles Colonel R Naithani, Kuki Chiefs' Association (KCA), Khengjoy sub-division's secretary Ngamkhosei Suantak and Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Chandel Dr Romi.
More than 300 people including villagers from the surrounding seven villages of Khengjoy sub-division were treated during the medical camp.
Apart from distributing Arsenic Album 30 and other medicines, an anti-retroviral screening was also conducted under the supervision of Dr Kesho S Moirangthem, District Aids Control Officer, Chandel.