Guwahati:, Oct 28 (EMN):Acclaimed gastro surgeon Dr. Patta Radhakrishna from SIMS Hospital, Chennai conducted the weekly evening OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club on Oct. 27, where the practicing doctor advised over 15 media persons on various relevant ailments.
Binay Hatikakoti, a SIMS official from Northeast India assisted in conducting the health camp.
Organised under the ‘Evening with a Doctor’ a programme for the benefit of press club members along with their dependants, the Oct. 21 camp was attended by medicine specialist Dr. Brajendra Lahkar from Dispur hospital.
The participants also got the opportunity to check their weight, blood pressure & sugar, bone density and pulmonary functions during the camp.
Launched in August 2016 with initial support from Dr. Jayanta Bardoloi, managing director of Dispur hospital in raising a doctor’s chamber at the press club premises, the series of camps have emerged as a ‘healthy and rewarding hangout’ for the media persons. Many working journalists with high blood pressure and sugar were usually diagnosed in the previous camps and they were advised for follow up actions.
Till date, practicing physicians from Apollo Chennai Hospital, Manipal Bangalore Hospital, Fortis Hospital Bangalore, Medanta the Medicity Hospital, Down Towan Hospital, GNRC Hospitals, Hayat Hospital, Ayursundra Hospital, Nemcare Hospital, Sun Valley Hospital, Sight First Eye-Clinic, Barthakur Clinic, Wintrobe Hospital etc. have attended the camps.
Though camps are primarily organised for the benefit of press club members with their close relatives, any journalist of the region (also the country) with their family members may take the advantage of clinics, said a statement from the pioneer press club of Northeast India adding that similar initiatives are also encouraged in other parts of the region.
