Evening with a Doctor in GPC:
Apollo cardiologist to conduct media clinic
By NJ Thakuria
Guwahati: More healthcare institutions have been roped by Guwahati
Press Club {GPC} for its ‘Evening with a Doctor’ programs on every
Saturday for the benefit of its member-journalists along with their
dependants. The series of preventive healthcare initiatives began on
20 August 2016 and till date some of the best hospitals have engaged
their doctors in the evening clinic.
Next Saturday the media clinic at the press club premises will be
graced by Dr KN Srinivasan, consultant cardiologist from Apollo
Hospitals, Chennai. The participants will get free consultations on
high blood pressure & cholesterol, irregular heartbeat, heart attack
other related ailments etc in the OPD, which will start at 4 pm
continue till 6.30 pm.
The last evening OPD was graced by two senior eye specialists namely
Dr Subhra Kinkor Goswami and Dr Bijuli Goswami. Associated with Sight
First eye-clinic, The 3 December camp witnessed the participation of
45 scribes along with their close relatives including few kids, where
the ophthalmologists advised them to follow some guidelines for
protecting and prolonging their eye sights.
Till date, practicing physicians from Dispur Hospitals, Down Town
Hospitals, GNRC Group of Hospitals, Narayana Super-Specialty
Hospitals, Swagat Super-Surgical Institute, Wintrobe Hospital, Nemcare
Hospital, Apollo Chennai Hospitals etc have conducted the camps in the
press club.
Similarly, the Gauhati Medical College, Medanta-The Medicity Hospital
Gurgaon, Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad, Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya
Guwahati, Barthakur Clinic, Ayurvedic College Guwahati have shown
their interest in conducting the weekly healthcare consultation
programs accordingly in the coming days.
It may be noted that Assam’s well known Dispur Hospitals Pvt Ltd,
under the leadership of Dr Jayanta Bardoloi, supported the initiative
to raise a doctor’s chamber at the press club premises, which was
inaugurated by young citizens namely Dhiman, Kristi, Shantanava, Arya,
Shambhavi, Nistha and Arunava on the occasion of 70th Independence
Day.
“Besides personal health, the initiative is expected to help the
scribes to understand various aspects of preventive healthcare in a
better way that should encourage them to cover the sector with more
authenticity & credibility,” said a GPC statement adding that though
the initiative was formulated primarily for the benefit of its
members, anyone related to the profession is welcome to participate in
the program.
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