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A mobile medical camp at the Community Health Center, Magam, District Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Syed Manzoor Kadri - Directorate of Health Services Kashmir, India

2014-11-12

This picture was taken on the 14th of October, 2014 at the Community Health center, Magam, District Budgam, JK, India, during the recent Kashmir floods. A mobile medical camp was organized by the Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir, India in collaboration with Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala, India. The Camp functioned for 3 days in which more than 1500 patients were evaluated and given free medicines. The mobile unit contains an operating theater and is equipped with ECG, USG, X-ray machines and a laboratory. The faculty from collaborating institutes, which included 15 medical doctors, stayed at Regional Institute of Health and FW, Dhobiwan (www.facebook.com/rihfwk), which is 2 kilometers from the CHC Magam.