MYSURU
Deputy Commissioner Bagadi Gautham told officials from the Department of Health and Family Welfare to hold health camps in every taluk from April 18 to 22,with free screening and treatment. The camps should be equipped with all facilities, he added.
Presiding over a meeting to review the arrangements made for the camps, he said the camp in KR Nagar taluk hospital will be held on April 18 and at Mysuru’s Tulsidas Dasappa Hospital on April 19.
On April 21, the camps will be held in Hunsur and Periyapatna taluk hospitals.
The camp in HD Kote taluk’s mother and children hospital and T Narsipur’s taluk hospital will be held on April 22. The District Health Officer and the District Surveillance Officer briefed the meeting about the arrangements done for the camps.
All camps will be equipped with a special vaccination counter for COVID-19; Ayushman Bharat Counter, a counter from the Ayush Department; and a counter explaining the schemes and programmes launched by the government for public healthcare.
The Deputy Commissioner told the health officials to spread awareness about the initiatives and programmes.
Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer BR Poornima, District Health Officer Dr KH Prasad, District Surveillance Officer Dr P Shivaprasad and other district level officers participated in the meeting.
