Excelsior Correspondent
BASANTGARH, May 2: Shri Bhupinder Singh Pathania Charitable Trust here today organised a free medical camp at PHC Basantgarh.
Free diagnosis, specialized treatment and medicines were offered to the needy and deserving patients of the area in the camp.
About 400 patients visited the camp for check-up.
A handout stated that the Trust has decided that all BPL patients shall be assisted for free treatment in specialty/super-specialty faculties at Jammu/ Srinagar as well as Delhi and Chandigarh.
The camp was inaugurated by Kamlesh Pathania, Trustee of the Trust in the presence of R.S Pathania, Former Legislator, Brij Mohan Sharma, Shiv Charan, Jagmohan, Bikram Singh, Bhushan Modi and Rattan Chand, all Trustees.
Tehsildar and BMO Basantgarh along with various officers were also present on the occasion.
The camp was organized in collaboration with District Administration Udhampur.
A sensitization cum awareness programme was also carried out where ASHAs/ Anganwadi Workers/ Helpers were educated and trained for challenges and issues being faced by them in the far flung areas where access to proper healthcare remains a far-fetched reality.