The AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, has planned to hold a drug de-addiction and treatment camp at AIIMS Satellite Centre (RASMI), Baleswar, along with its regular OPD service on December 28.
"The objective of the camp is to create awareness regarding health and psycho-social problems related to substance use, available treatment options and to provide treatment at peripheral centers for the same. This camp will also help us to draw patients suffering from complications due to substance use disorders from Baleswar and adjacent areas to our center,” informed Dr(Maj) MC Sahoo, Associate Professor and Additional Medical Superintendent, Department of Hospital Administration, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.
This proposal is one of the initial initiatives under DDAP(drug de addiction programme) project, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, he added.
It may be noted that the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar while holding its weekly OPD service from defence campus for close to two and a half years with the active support of Integrated test range (ITR), health related services to more than 20,000 patients have been provided from this satellite centre during the period.