Women’s Health Checkup Camp at Balarampur Abhoyashram Naitalim Vidyapith High School

A free health check-up camp was organized by NSS Unit-8 at Balarampur on April 1, 2017 for the women and girl students of Balarampur to create awareness on the need for better health facilities for growing teenagers and promote healthy lifestyle in the long run regarding common ailments, nutrition and hygiene and sanitation.  Nearly 90 women were served by 5 doctors.  While checking girls of about 13 years of age, the doctors provided counselling about potential health and hygiene issues.  Students were prescribed appropriate medications for their health issues which included hematinic, antibiotics and anti-helminthic medications. Common issues related to the students identified at the camp were headache, vision problems, stomach-ache, worm infestation, anaemia, dsymenorrhoea and menorrhagia.  Unit 8 volunteers took care of everything; from brining in a number of medical personnel to acquiring the appropriate drugs and making sure the doctors were comfortable.  The camp could not have been successful without help and support of several medical professionals particularly Dr Rashmi Sinha (Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician) and doctors from School of Medical Science and Technology, Lt Col Dr Mamta Acharya, Dr Debleena Basu, Dr Arundhati Ghosh and Dr Bency Shaji.

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