Over 1,000 patients treated at Army medical camps in Kashmir

Srinagar :  Over 1,000 patients, including women and children, were treated and provided free medcine at three medical camps organised by the Army at remote areas in Kashmir valley.          Defence Ministry spokesperson Colonel N N Joshi here today said that the Army conducted medical camps in Keran and Gurez in north Kashmir districts of Kupwara and Bandipora and Anantnag in south Kashmir.        He said a team of Army doctors provided medical relief to Gujjars and Bakarwals in the remote areas of Puttakhan Gali of Keran in Kupwara and Charwan village in Gurez Valley.            “A similar camp was also organised in village Banderpura in Anantnag,” he said.          “Besides attending to the medical needs of over 1,000 people and distributing free medicines, an earnest appeal was also made to the people to join hands in ushering peace and normalcy back in the Valley (Agencies)