Medical camp @ K.K.Pudur
A woman undergoing screening at the Varumun Kappom camp organised by the Coimbatore Corporation in the city on Thursday.Over 1,000 people were screened at a medical camp organised by the Coimbatore Corporation at K.K. Pudur in the city on Thursday.Official sources in the Corporation said after the camp held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. that of the 1,185 people screened, 504 were men and the rest women. This was the eighth camp held in the Corporation limits, under the Government’s Varumun Kappom scheme. Electro cardiogram (ECG), ultra sound scan, blood pressure and eye tests were conducted.The Corporation said 60 persons underwent scanning and 38 were put through the ECG test.Medicines worth Rs.10,000 were provided free of cost by the Corporation.Rural Industries Minister Pongalur N. Palanisamy, Mayor R. Venkatachalam, Deputy Mayor N. Karthik, Corporation Commissioner P. Muthuveeran and Health Committee Chairman P. Nachimuthu inspected the conduct of the camp.More camps would be held by the Corporation.
