Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand on Monday inaugurated a five-day camp organised for the health check-up and medical consultation of the officers and employees of the Secretariat here.
On the occasion, the Chief Secretary also released a health awareness brochure published by the State Health Department.
Praising the organisation of the camp, Dhand said that maximum number of employees should take benefit from it. The camp was organised by Health Department, in association with the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Raipur.
Giving emphasis on adopting daily routine for healthy life, Dhand said that employees could get advance information about health problems through health examination in the camp.
He said that away from Raipur city, about 1,500 employees have been working in the Secretariat and they should get health facilities. If the employees are healthy, they will perform well, he added.
The Chief Secretary instructed the officers concerned to do health examination of the employees of Indravati Bhawan, where head offices of all the departments were housed, during the camp.
He said that the health examination of liftman and sanitary workers of Mantralaya should also be done. Commissioner, Health Department, Kamalpreet Singh said that in the present times, people have to face various kinds of diseases because of an irregular lifestyle.
In this camp, medical experts from Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Medical College, District Hospital and IMA , Raipur examined the health of employees and on finding primary symptoms of disease, give them necessary medical advice and treatment.
This apart, to bring improvement in the lifestyle of the employees and health awareness, subject specialists would deliver lectures on various subjects, every day during the holding of the camp.
On the occasion, Secretary, GAD, Vikassheel, Secretary, School Education, Dinesh Shrivastava and officers from various departments were present.