Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad   

Mega health camps for flood-hit families

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Mega health camps are being held for the flood-affected families to ensure better treatment for serious ailments, if any.

For those in the East Godavari district, the camp will be held at Mummadivaram on September 8 and on the consecutive day (September 9) in Srikakulam district, in the grounds adjoining the district headquarters hospital. The date for a similar camp in Khammam district at Bhadrachalam will be announced later.

C. B. S. Venkataramana, acting Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, has interacted with the district medical and health officers through a video conference here on Monday, issuing necessary instructions . He said the camps were primarily meant for offering "specialist" treatment. About150 doctors and para-medical staff would be present at each medical camp. "Referral cards" would be issued for serious ailments so that patients could go to super-speciality hospitals in Government sector.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Upgrade skills, teachers told
Stage set for immersion
L.V. Prasad -- luminary of all times
A Ganesha devotee to the core
Greens oppose uranium project at Kadapa
Pilot colony for the poor by October 2
MCH sanitation teams to keep roads clean
Grand procession in Dhoolpet
Power cut announced
SC Railway aims at ISO-9000 certification
`Special' teacher works wonders
Telugu Desam Party to form teachers' wing
Congress charts out strategy to fight TRS
Celestial spectacle lined up this month
Boeing foresees huge sales in India
CLP accuses TDP of trespassing on MP's property
ORR special relief package soon
Abducted boy rescued after 3 years
BEFI silver jubilee meet to be held in 2007
Minority body suggests alternative to Vande Mataram
Water supply along the route
Mega health camps for flood-hit families
Release of scholarships sought
Haj applicants asked to wait till September 15
Abandoned car creates flutter
Programme on renewable energy
State unit of VHP criticises boycott call
Paramedical staff to take out rally
Naidu leaves for New Delhi
OU admissions
Ex-MLA dead
Around the City
In Hyderabad Today

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu