South Asian News Network

Gorkha, March 16: As many as 525 persons have received varieties of service from a two-day health camp organized at a local Ghairung health post of Shahid Lakhan rural municipality-6 in the district. The Nepali Army and the rural municipality jointly organized the free health camp where the people were provided services for dental and skin disease, orthopedics and screening for cervical cancer, according to Birendra Shrestha, chief of health section at the rural municipality. Among those receiving medical services were 358 women and 167 men. Total 41 women had undergone screening for cervical cancer. The screening showed that four of the women were at risk of cancer. The doctors also began treatment to the cancer susceptible ones and informed for the follow up treatment. Similarly, 149 persons received the treatment for the orthopedic problems, while 90 received for dental problems and 22 the dermatitis. Even the laboratory service was made available on the occasion. Those detected with disease were provided medicines free of cost. “The service recipients were happy to have medical services from the specialist doctors at their locality,” Shrestha shared. The medicine worth over Rs 300 thousand was distributed to the people.