Hyderabad : Hundreds of people attended the free health camp organized by the Hyderabad City Congress Committee (HCCC) Minorities Department Chairman Sameer Waliullah and TPCC spokesperson Syed Nizamuddin, in association with Healthier Hearts Foundation, at First Lancer on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, Sameer Waliullah said the health camp was organized to facilitate poor people to undergo various medical tests like ECG, 2D Echo, Blood Tests, Sugar GRBS, BP and so on free of cost. He said people from Syed Nagar, Bhola Nagar and other localities visited the health camp and underwent medical tests. They were given prescribed medicines free of cost. General physicians and specialists, including cardiologists, were available in the camp.
TPCC Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail, Youth Congress president Anil Kumar Yadav, Sajid Shareef and other senior leaders visited the camp and participated in distribution of free medicines. Sameer Waliullah alleged that the State government has completely neglected the health sector, which resulted in spread of viral diseases in the twin cities. He said people living in slums were in the grip of viral fever, Malaria, Typhoid, Dengue and other diseases.
TPCC Spokesperson Syed Nizamuddin said the health conditions in the city got deteriorated due to the negligence of State Government. He said the GHMC’s Monsoon Action Plan miserably failed and fogging and anti-larvae operations were not held in a proper manner. This led to unchecked breeding of mosquitoes and then to spread of vector-borne diseases. He said the Congress wanted to help the patients directly and therefore, decided to organize the health camps in slum areas.
Sameer Waliullah also said the health camps would be organized at Golconda on September 28 and Rasoolpura in Secunderabad on September 29. He appealed to the people living in these areas to avail the opportunity by participating in the health camps. (NSS)
