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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
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.