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Health camps in Dharmapuri dist.

Staff Reporter

A minimum of 1,000 patients will be treated

Dharmapuri: More than 200 health camps would be conducted in Dharmapuri district under `Varumun Kaappom Thittam' in the current year. The camps would be held at 218 Health Sub-Centres (HSC) in the district and Dharmapuri municipality, said Collector Pankaj Kumar Bansal here on Friday.

A team of doctors and paramedical staff has been deputed to each HSC for general health check up and treatment of all diseases.

A counselling centre has also been established at these centres for HIV, alcoholism, drug addiction, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, tubectomy and anaemia.

Under the scheme a health exhibition would be established to create awareness on chikungunya, dengue, malaria, filaria, HIV, tuberculosis, diabetes, leprosy, cancer, blindness control, safe drinking water and personal hygiene.

A minimum of 1,000 patients would be treated in each camp, Mr. Bansal added.

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