In order to free the State capital from the shackles of jaundice, with the cooperation of the health and family welfare department and the municipal corporation, health camps were organised at 20 places on Sunday.
According to an official press statement, in these camps, 605 citizens got their health check-up done. Blood samples of 387 people sent for laboratory test. Doctors said that after the blood test if could be confirmed that whether they are affected by jaundice.
During the camps organised on Sunday, vaccinators, Aanganbadi workers and Mitanins, by visiting door-to-door, distributed 8,000 chlorine tablets to people and advised them of the method of using chlorine tablets in the drinking water. Health check up camps were organised at section I and IV of Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar, Wagon Repair Shop (WRS) colony and Raipura.
Camps were held at Ramsagar Para, lakhenagar, Bhattagaon, Tagore Ward, Guru Gobind Singh Ward, Rajatalab, Kho-Kho Para, Mahamaya Mandir Ward, Devendra Nagar sector III and behind Kankari Talab also.
According to Municipal Corporation health officers, health camps would be organised at 20 places in the city on Monday from 10 am. Health camps will be organised at WRS colony in Avanti Bai lodhi Ward, Gogaon, Jarvay, Kalibadi Chowk in zone 7, sector I & IV of Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar and near Rajatalab Noorani Chowk.
Similarly, health camps will be organised at Kho-Kho Para urban health centre, lakhenagar, Kukurbeda colony and Devendra Nagar sector 3.
As per the scheduled programme, camps will be organised on Monday at Shiv Nagar, Bhim Nagar, Jagannath Nagar, Pandri, Bhattagaon, Dheemar Para, near Hanuman Mandir Kankali Talab, all lanes of Ramsagar para, Ramnagar and Sarona.