Goemkarponn Desk
CANACONA: After holding a successful Mega Health Camp in Canacona, Community Health Centre and taluka Health Officer Dr. Jose Tavares informed that more Periphery Camps would be organized under Aayushman Bhav Health Mela in each of the villages in Canacona taluka in near future.
Over 300 residents took the benefits of the daylong Mega Health Camp organized under Aayushman Bhav Health Mela at CHC Canacona on Friday.
Almost all type of doctors including specialists drawn from District and other Hospitals were present at the Mega camp, in which people from all the villages and municipal areas too the benefits of free consultation, tests and medicines.
Speaking on the occasion Health Officer Dr. Jose Tavares stating the specialists especially gynacoaligists, Paedritician, Physiatrist, Eye Specialist, Dentist, Orthopedics, ENTS Surgeon, Homeopathy, were specially drawn from District Hospital informed that similar camps would be arranged in the Periphery (village-to-villages) every week till December.
‘We are working on plans and it will be informed accordingly to the public. People who find difficulties in travelling to long distance like coming to CHC, etc can easily avail of these Periphery camps’, said Dr. Tavares.
According to Dr. Tavares more than 300 people availed the benefits of the various medicals available , including , Homoeopathic (25), General (100), Ayurvedic (28), Ophthalmic (48), Dental (27), Pediatric (33), ENT (23), Orthopedic (9), Gynec (38), Psychiatric (13), Abha Id (40), PMJSY (01), Hemoglobin checked (152).
According Health sources, in 12 patients Hemoglobin was found less than 8 gms, 14 patients were referred to Higher Centre (District Hospital), 74 people were to have Hypertension, and 21 women were subjected to Breast Examination.
Earlier in the day, the health mela was inaugurated at the hands of Canacona MLA /GLA Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar, in the presence of CMC Chairperson Ramakant Naik Gaonkar, Health Officer dr. Jose Tavares, CPDA Nayani Naik Gaonkar, Medical Officer Dr. Divakar Velip, other doctors , Anganwadi workers and CHC Staff.
