Camp for differently abled children held at JRC Home

HoD Cardiology Dr Sushil Sharma examining differently abled children at JRC Handicapped Home, Udheywalla on Sunday.
HoD Cardiology Dr Sushil Sharma examining differently abled children at JRC Handicapped Home, Udheywalla on Sunday.

Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, May 29: Taking a step further towards reaching out to the divine’s special creation, Head of the Cardiology Department of Government Medical College and Super Speciality Hospital, Jammu Dr. Sushil Sharma  today held a day long camp  at  JRC Home For Handicapped Udheywala on the outskirts of Jammu city in collaboration with Childline Nodal, Department of Law, University of Jammu
Accompanied by Prof Arvind Jasrotia (HoD Law/Director Childline) and  a team of young doctors, paramedics and volunteers, Dr. Sharma scanned inmates of the Home for prevalence of cardiac diseases and other health ailments.
More than 70 inmates and staff were screened for cardiovascular disease and other ailments.He took special care of those who were unable to move or walk. They were thoroughly checked and free medicines were given as per the requirements.
“Being disabled should not mean being denied from having access to every basic aspects of life”, Dr. Sushil said. He stressed that these children are differently abled and likewise require special care and attention from the civil society.
The children asked Dr. Sushil several interesting questions about heart diseases and showed keen interest in knowing more about how they can grow up as healthy individuals. Dr. Sushil and his team answered their queries, ensuring that none of their question goes unanswered.
“You are future of the State and the country. You must develop healthy eating habits besides taking care of your routine health issues. Do not live an unhealthy life. Give up eating too much of fatty food. Eat what is good for your heart health. Don’t let your heart become weak,” Dr. Sushil advised the children.
Others who were part of this humane effort included Dr. Mohi Kalsotra, Dr. Dhaneshwar Kapoor.
Paramedics and Volunteers who were part of the team included Kashmiri Lal, Kamal Kishore, Gaurav Sharma, Aman Gupta ,Vikas Kumar,  Rajeev Vohra , Rohit Khajuria (Co-ordinator Childline) , Sonam Prasher,  Kartika Bakshi and Nitan Sharma (Research Scholars,  Law Department).

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