The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : A healthy drive

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Saturday, Jan 27, 2007
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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

A healthy drive

Staff Reporter

They are subjected to a complete clinical check

CHENNAI : Volunteers of Sathya Sai organisation have screened over 7,000 autorickshaw drivers in the city for various ailments in the past seven years. These drivers are given a complete health check and an interactive session is held with a police official at the weekly medical camps.

In their screenings, the doctors found that eight to 10 per cent either suffered from diabetes or were borderline cases. The drivers have been given a health record sheet with details such as driving licence and blood group that they carry with them.

Among the other free medical services is the `liquid love' programme, a voluntary blood donation scheme. A 24-hour information service is being run from Sundaram, the organisation's headquarters at Raja Annamalai Puram. So far nearly 9,500 units of blood have been collected, the organisers say.

Under the young adults' health programme, 1,000 youngsters in villages of Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts have benefited.

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