Medanta’s Dr Vinay Singal conducts GPC evening clinic
Guwahati: Innovative healthcare program under the banner of‘Evening with a
Doctor’ at Guwahati Press Club in northeast India has completedsix months,
where the member-journalists of the press club along with theirdependants have
been offered free consultation & primary treatments byexperienced physicians
from various healthcare institutions.The last Saturday evening clinic at the
press club premiseson 4 February was conducted by theGurgaon (Haryana) based
Medanta-The Medicity Hospital. Senior rheumatology& clinical immunology
consultant Dr Vinay Singal was present for freeconsultations. Medanta’s
marketing manager Manoranjan Kalita extended supports in organizing the
camp,which witnessed over 25 participants.The 21 January media clinic was
carried out by ophthalmologistsnamely Dr S Tomar and Dr Pranjal Mishra from Sri
Sankaradeva NethralayaGuwahati. Similarly the 7 January evening OPD was carried
out by HayatHospital’s Dr Anjan Saikia (gastroenterology), Dr Daboo Patowari
(medicine) andDr Abhisek Lohia (dermatology).The city based hospital authority
also announced variousconcessions for the press club members with their
families in OPD/doctorconsultation charges (100 per cent), room rent (25 %),
lab investigation (20%), CT/USG/X-ray (20 %), MRI/MR angiography (20 %), EEG,
ECG,TMT, HOLTER, ECHO(20 %), colonoscopy & endoscopy (20 %), operation theatre
charges (10 %)and medicines (5 %).Till date, practicing doctors from Apollo
Hospitals Chennai,Narayana Super-Specialty Hospitals, GNRC Group of Hospitals,
Down TownHospitals, Dispur Hospitals, Swagat Super-Surgical Institute,
WintrobeHospital, Barthakur Clinic, Nemcare Hospital, Sun Valley Hospital,
Sight Firsteye-clinic, Government Ayurvedic College etc had conducted the
camps.It may be noted that Assam's well known Dispur Hospitalsprivate limited,
under the leadership of Dr Jayanta Bardoloi, supported theinitiative to raise a
doctor's chamber at the press club premises, which wasinaugurated by young
citizens namely Dhiman, Kristi, Shantanava, Arya,Shambhavi, Nistha and Arunava
on the occasion of 70th Independence Day."Besides personal healthcare, the
initiative wasexpected to help the scribes to understand various aspects of
healthiness in abetter way that should encourage the journalists to cover the
sector with moreauthenticities," said a GPC statement adding that the
initiative wasformulated primarily for the benefit of its members, but anyone
related to theprofession is welcome to participate in the program.
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