SUM Hospital celebrates Health Day in big way

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NSS volunteers of the IMS and SUM Hospital and faculty of the SOA University conducted a health camp at a school at Shyampur on the city outskirts on the occasion of the World Health Day on Saturday.

SUM doctors examined over 100 children and prescribed medicines for those having ailments.

Dr PK Mishra (Pediatrics), Dr Anil Kumar Panda (Skin and VD), Dr Sashikanta Sethi and Dr Debsruti Nayak (Dental) and Dr Pragati Jain and Dr Sarat Nayak (Ophthalmology) examined the children.

The health camp was conducted in collaboration with Rotary Club, Kharabela Nagar in the presence of IMS Dean Dr Gangadhar Sahu and Medical Superintendent Dr Pushparaj Samantasinhar. Rotary Club president Dr Kishore Chandra Swain felicitated Dr Sahu and DrSamantasinhar on the occasion.

Twenty-five NSS volunteers along with Programme Officers Dr Saurjya Ranjan Das and Dr Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo conducted the camp.

Earlier, a public awareness rally was taken out by doctors, nurses and para-medical workers.

A training programme on Advanced Cardiac life Support (AClS) and Basic life Support (BlS) had been conducted at hospital on Friday. A quiz programme was conducted by the Community Medicine Department to mark the occasion.

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