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Poorest of the poor issued health cards 25 senior doctors come forward to serve the needy 
Nobel mission: Soumya Mishra, SP, listening to the woes of elderly women at a medical camp held in a remote village of Regonda mandal of Warangal district on Monday. REGONDA (WARANGAL): “We remain thrown far away in the jungle. Those with a snake bite or labour problems will either have to cling to last breathe or succumb before they reach the nearest town, Parkal, 18 km. away. Who will care for us,” rues septuagenarian Mamidala Sammaiah of Ponugal village. “We will,” said the district police. On Monday, the district police mobilised 23 doctors and medicines worth Rs. 3 lakh reached Kakarlapally village to attend to the complaints of Sammaiah and scores of other elderly persons. Hundreds of people, mostly aged from Konagallu, Kotancha, Lingala, Gudepally, Jogaiahpally and others villages reached Kakarlapally to get the much awaited medical aid at the camp organised by the district police in association with the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Parkal, Vikasa Tharangini, Lions Club and other NGOs. The police came up with a novel concept wherein they identified the poorest of the poor and issued a health card. The local IMA chapter has agreed to treat those with the cards free of cost or at discounted rate of fee henceforth. The police distributed 15 kg. of rice to each of the to 25 elderly persons, new clothes to 25 elders and sports kits to 10 youth clubs of surrounding villages. Former naxal strongholdSpeaking to The Hindu, Superintendent of Police Soumya Mishra who traveled to this remote village which once was a stronghold of naxals said: “We want to wean people away from naxals. But, police alone cannot fight extremists without people supplementing the efforts. This camp is organised as part of community policing,” she said. Thanking the 25 specialist doctors who spared their services, she wanted the IMA to prevail upon their members in other towns and offer free medical care to the needy. The police would help them identify the genuine poor and acknowledge the services of doctors, she said. The medical camp had a message too. At a time when the junior doctors refuse to go to remote villages, 25 senior doctors came forward to serve the needy. With the top people around – police, doctors, NGOs representatives, the camp also helped instil a sense of confidence among the forlorn rural folk.
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