As many as 597 locals have benefitted from a health camp organised by Nepal Army at Uchidi in Simraungadh Municipality of Bara district.
General medication services along with dental care, ECG and eye treatment were provided free of cost to locals in the camp. Nepal Drugs Producers Association, Province-2 Ministry of Social Development, Military Hospital Pokhara and Chandannath battalion provided assistance during the health camp, shared the NA Directorate of Public Relations and Information.
Treatment was provided to people of remote communities and those deprived of health services due to COVID-19. As many as 275 women, 183 men, and 139 children received health check-up services.
Most of the service-recipients had complained of stomach pain, bone and joint problems, chronic complications, asthma, glaucoma, and skin allergies, the NA source said. Patients with hypertension, asthma, bone, and joint problems were also provided with follow-up tests and medicines free of cost.
Based on the health camp, the NA has assessed the need of providing further services related to eye, general physician service, bone and joint, and also specialist services in the coming days.
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