Palamu Chamber Of Commerce on Sunday held a free health camp for children up to ten year old in the Town Hall here. A team of four doctors led by Rajesh K Sinha, Saifullah Khalid, Ramanoojam and Shailesh Kumar of Dukhharan Memorial Charitable Trust Ranchi who runs the prestigious hospital for children Rani Hospital examined 500 children free of cost. Medicines were also given given to the needy.
Officials of the Chamber Durga Johri and lallan Kumar said there were nine registration centres set up in the town for 500 children. However, rush of over 1000 patients gathered to avail the facility who were just denied registration this time. Johri said there would be another free health camp for children in the coming winter.
Johri said Palamu Chamber of Commerce set up just months back had made two promises one to install CCTV cameras in town and the other to hold free check up camp for children and it kept these two promises. Johri said CCTVs have been installed in major locations of the town now and the uncovered areas too will be brought under cameras soon.
The free health check up camp was graced by Palamu MP VD Ram, locals MlAs Radha Krishna Kishore and Alok Chourasia and president of Daltonganj municipal corporation Poonam Singh.