By TCN News
Assam: The ninth annual India Health Initiative-2018, program created by India Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC), a US-based NGO, to provide medical services to poorest of poor in India, completed another five-day health camp in Assam where 3,226 patients were treated. In the previous episode of the same which took place in Telangana, IMRC helped treatment of total 2,793 patients.
The five-day free health camp was organised across different locations in coordination with Ajmal Foundation.
The free health camp in Assam started on February 2, 2018, and concluded on February 6. Doctors present at the came treated 550 patients on the first day, while 611, 510, 600 and 955 patients were provided free medical treatment on the subsequent days of the camp.
The IMRC team of doctors will move to Manipur to treat patients at another three-day free health camp. The patients in the camps were provided with free medicines after free check-up of vital health signs.
The ninth annual initiative saw 15 doctors from the USA namely Dr. Jawad Ahmed (General Physician), Dr. Irfan Moin (Geriatrics), Dr. Jerome Stefenko (General Surgeon), Dr. John Rosenberg (ER Physician), Dr. Farida Ghogawala (Gynaecologist), Dr. Mohammad Gafoor (Family practice), Dr. Sabiha Gafoor (Pediatrician), Dr. Moustafa Abouelkheir (Surgeon), Dr. Jowairia Qadri (Gynaecologist), Dr. MK Ahmed (Paediatrician), Dr MY Ahmed (Surgeon), Dr Sana Ahmed (Paediatrician), Dr. Mir Mumtaz Ali (Internal and Pulmonary medicine),Dr Mohammad Haq (Internal Medicine), Dr. Reshma Mohiuddin (General Physician), Dr Noureen M Haroon (Ophthalmologist) and Shaheda B Ahmed (Pathologist), who have been working with IMRC to provide their services at four camps in Hyderabad, then in Assam and Manipur.
The India Health Initiative was started by IMRC in 2010. Since its inception, IMRC has successfully conducted eight India Health Initiatives comprising of medical camps across different rural areas, poor localities and slums in India. The annual program is unique as it provides basic education in healthcare with an emphasis on preventive health care to the community, and provides technical training to the local doctors and medical students.