City-based voluntary body Kriyaa Charitable Trust organised a health checkup camp for mentally-challenged children of the city slums here on Sunday.
The programme was followed by an awareness camp on mental health and well being. A team of doctors and para-medical staffs led by Dr RK Das and Dr Sarat Chandra Patnaik joined the programme and emphasized on the growing mental illness in the society.
They opined that stress, hectic life, family disturbance are some of the major causes of mental illness. Adolescents between the age group of 12 and 19 years, women after child birth, spouses who live in disharmony are most vulnerable section of the society and prone to suicidal tendencies. The most unfortunate part is less than one per cent people take it seriously and consult to a doctor.
Besides, free diabetes, blood pressure and bone density tests were conducted in association with the Gouranga Health Service here on the day.