Itanagar, Jun 8: The Indian Medical Association-Arunachal Pradesh (IMA-AP) and Arunachal Pradesh Doctors Association (APDA) under the aegis of the Doctors' Day Celebration Committee -2025 (DDCC-2025) conducted a free multi-speciality health camp at Deepak Nabam Living Home in Sopo village.
Speaking about the health camp, Dr Kesang W. Thongdok, Chairman of the organising committee stated that the health camp included specialists from all major hospitals of the capital complex including TRIHMS, Heema, RKMH, DH Doimukh etc. Dr Thongdok also said that the comprehensive health camp included consultation services, free medicines, free spectacles, dental kits and lab services.The patients were also screened for NCD, Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C, HIV, VDRL and HPV virus which causes cancer cervix.
Apart from this enrolment and awareness desks for government schemes like CMAAY, PMJAY, ABHA, Vay Vandana, UD ID registration, TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan etc were set up. The free health camp was a part of the Doctors' Day Celebration which falls on 1st July. Although the camp was for inmates of Deepak Nabam Living Home, many patients from surrounding areas were also offered free services.
Dr Dusu Gambo, Organising Secretary, stated that over 200 patients benefitted from the camp which included patients across various specialities like Medicine, Psychiatry, ENT,Ophthalmology, Gynae, Dermatology, surgery, orthopaedics apart from Dental and AYUSH Services. The maximum number of patients were of psychiatry and medicine specialities.About 50 free spectacles were distributed. 
Earlier, the camp was inaugurated by DHS Dr Marbom Basar, who lauded the doctors, supporting staff and technicians for taking time out on a Sunday to do humanitarian service.

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