Health Mela at Thial concludes

Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Nov 14: The 20th annual Health Mela, which was organized at village Thial by Durga Dass Sharma Memorial Society in collaboration with Directorate of Health Services Jammu, concluded today.
During the Health Mela approximately 2000 patients were examined in the different specialties by the doctors from the Health Department in different OPDs, including 255 patients in Surgical, 226 in Medicine, 201 in Gynecology, 549 in Eye, 128 in Pediatric, 152 in Orthopaedics, 52 in ENT and 443 in ISM OPD. 135 Ultrasonography were also conducted.
The major highlight of the camp was 101 eye surgeries which included 98 cataract surgeries with distribution of free spectacles by Dr. Ashok Sharma, Senior Consultant Eye Department GMC Jammu and his team. The specialists who rendered their services in the Health Mela included Dr  M L Gupta (Physician Specialist), Dr  Arun Mahajan (Physician Specialist), Dr  Poonam Mahajan (Gynaecologist),  Dr  Manisha Langar (Orthopaedician) Dr  Jyotsana (Gynaecologist), Dr  Shalinder (ENT specialist), and other doctors and paramedics of block Majalta and District Hospital Udhampur. Free medicines for the patients were provided