my uttarakhand news Bureau
DEHRADUN, 3 Jan: Graphic Era’s mobile hospitals (Mobile Medical Units) have started functioning in remote villages of Chamoli and Tehri districts. Villagers looked quite excited to find doctors among them along with medicines and laboratory facilities in areas where hospitals are not available.
These mobile medical units of Graphic Era Hospital were flagged off by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on December 25, last year. The units reached rural areas of Chamoli and Tehri districts, where doctors present in the units began examining patients and providing medicines along with various medical tests. The mobile units reached Gona village of Bhilangana block in Tehri and Jilasoo village of Pokhari block in Chamoli, and through these units, villagers were provided services such as OPD for common ailments, preliminary medical check-ups, free distribution of medicines, and referral of critical cases to higher medical centers. More than 100 patients were examined, given lab tests, and provided medicines in these villages, including people from nearby villages.
Skilled medical teams have been deployed for operating this health service. The team includes doctors Jai Chaudhary and Prakhar Sharma, Lab Technician Sachin Pandey, and Pharmacist Amit Rawat.
When the medical unit reached Jilasoo, people expressed their happiness by organizing a small ceremony. The ceremony was attended by District Panchayat Chamoli president Daulat Singh Bisht, District Panchayat Vice-president Laxman Khatri, Jilasoo Village Head Sohan Lal, Kandai Village Head Madan Singh, Airas Village Head Vijaypal, Uttaraun Village Head Sateshwari Devi, along with several other respected dignitaries.
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