Jammu, Nov 23: Aimed at bringing specialised healthcare to the doorstep of people living along the International Border, Jammu and Kashmir has set up super-speciality medical camps at the border villages. Minister for Health and Medical Education Chaudhary Lal Singh inaugurated such a medical camp at the border village of Sai on the Indo-Pak border, 35 kilometers from here today.

Jointly organized by 143 battalion of BSF and Department of Community Medicine, government medical college, the specialists in various disciplines from the health department would examine patients for various maladies in the camp. Urging people to avail the services of specialists by getting themselves examined thoroughly for various ailments, the minister said, specialists in various disciplines especially ophthalmology, dermatology, surgery, medicines and pediatrics would treat the border villagers.

Apart from treating patients for various ailments such camps also help in identifying the epidemiological changes, he said.

Bureau Report