In today’s fast paced day
and age, people tend to compromise with their
health, big time. The fast paced way of living has
become more of a lifestyle of sorts having followers
ranging through diverse age groups. Be it Students
or Office goers everyone seems to have fallen a prey
to the shallow way of living life which majorly
contributes in following an unhealthy regimen and
compromise with self care and a healthier and fit
body for individuals. With the motive of promoting a
healthy lifestyle, the Department of Community
Medicine, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical &
Health Sciences (SGRRIM&HS) and Shri Mahant
Indiresh Hospital (SMIH) organized a Free Health
Camp on June 27th 2023 at Village Doodhli. This
Health Camp was organized with the blessings and
continuous support of Chairman, SGRRIM&HS AND
SMIH, Shri Mahant Devender Dass Ji Maharaj. The
Health Camp was organized under the guidance of
and Head, Deptt. of Community Medicine,
SGRRIM&HS, Dr. Puneet Ohri. It’s worth mentioning
that Doodhli Village is an area adopted under the
Family Adoption Program by SGRRIM&HS as per the
guidelines laid down by National Medical Commission
(N.M.C.). The Free Health Camp was organized at
Atal Utkristh Inter College, Doodhli from 9 am to
01pm.
Dr. Vishwanath Tyagi & Dr. Divyanshu Sidhwal from
Deptt. of Medicine, Dr. Srishti Kaushik from Deptt.
of Obs. & Gyn., Dr. Stuti Manglam from Deptt. of
Eye and Dr. Muhammad Shahid from Deptt. of
Pediatrics gave medical consultation to the patients.
Various doctors of Deptt. of Community Medicine
also gave medical consultation to the patients. They
gave necessary health advices to the patients
coming to the camp along with prescribing them the
necessary medicines. All these medicines were given
to the patients as prescribed free of cost. Not only,
Free vaccination under the routine immunization,
blood tests like estimation of haemoglobin and
Random Blood Sugar were also given to the patients
of the camp.
A day before the camp, proper Information
Education & Communication exercise was done by
the faculty & health workers who work in the field
practice areas of Department of Community
Medicine of SGRRIM&HS along with the students of
MBBS 2022 Batch who have adopted 5 families each
in Village Doodhli and nearby villages as per the
National Medical Commission (N.M.C.) norms.
Pamphlets and banners for the same were also
given to the local shop vendors, Anganwadi centre
(Creche),Gram Pradhan of Village Doodhli, Principal
of the school where camp was organised in order to
promote the camp so that maximum number of
residents of Village Doodhli and nearby rural areas
could avail the benefits of this free medical camp.
The camp was organized and managed by Assistant
Professor, Department of Community Medicine,
SGRRIM&HS, Dr. Vani Sharma in co-ordination with
the Deputy Senior Public Relations Officers, Shri
Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Mr. Sachin Sharma and
Mr. Suhaib Khan and health workers Mr. Sandeep
and Ms. Jaya.
All the faculty members of the Department of
Community Medicine namely Dr. Megha Luthra, Dr.
Kajal Gupta, Dr. Neha Upadhyay, Dr. Shalki Mattas,
Dr. B. Sudha Spandana, Dr. Vineetha Kothiyal, Dr.
Romila Rawat, Dr. Rupali helped in co-ordination of
the camp along with carrying out the IEC activities
for the camp.
More than 100 patients availed the services of the
Free Health Camp.
Dr. Puneet Ohri and Dr. Vani Sharma informed that
Medical camps like this will be organized once every
year in the adopted area for the benefit of the
people residing in these Rural areas to promote
ways of healthy living and spread awareness about
healthy living.