Heart care camps held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 10 2015:
Manipur Heart Care Society, in collaboration with Director, NHM, Manipur, UCM and MSRAM conducted a free superspeciality health camp at Kwatha and T Yangnom villages of Chandel district on March 5 and 6 .
According to a statement, a medical team from JNIMS headed by cardiologist Dr Rajendra Thangjam examined more than 660 individuals with the primary objective of finding out and treating heart related diseases.
300 people were examined using a state-of-the-art equipment for heart scanning (echocardiography) besides conducting test on blood sugar, cholesterol, ECG and lung function.
Many cases of high BP, few cases of ischemic heart disease, five cases of congenital heart disease and four cases of subclinical rheumatic heart disease were detected and given treatment free of cost, it added.