Health camp held at Heirok
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 10, 2014:
With the support of ECHO and Action Aid, Women Action for Development (WAD) organised a one-day general health camp with the active collaboration of the Community Health Centre (CHC) Heirok at Heirok High School, Heirok Part II today.
Targeting the villages of Heirok, Kairembikhok, Salungpham and Wangjing, the main objective of the camp was to address the healthcare and general wellbeing of the common people.
Altogether 205 villagers, most of them women, received basic health check-up under the camp.
Free medicines were also given out to the villagers.
During the health camp it was found that the major complaints of those attending the camp were fever, cough, gastrointestinal problems, fungal infection, anxiety, high blood pressure and general fatigue, according to a statement issued by Secretary of WAD Sobita Mangsatabam.