Free Medical Camp should be for creating health awareness not for showering freebies: Health Care providers Association, Delhi/NCR President PN Arora

It was another day, but it was different in more ways than one. It was the day to remember Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, renowned social reformer ,on his 126th Birthday Anniversary.

 I woke up early in the morning and after routine practice of meditation, I landed myself in a free medical camp organized on the occasion by  Yashoda  super specialty hospital in its campus at Kaushambi on borders of the national capital and Ghaziabad. A large number of people were milling around in the camp which had opened its flood gates for free medical checkup, surgeries , tests, MRI, stents fixation, orthopedic, Surgeries,etc.

 

Wondering who will finance such huge bills, I groped for answers, but owner and managing director of the super specialty hospital Dr PN Arora avoided the answer and simply said sincere intentions were paving way for the task. He tried to impart personal touch to maximum number of people jostling with each other to get themselves registered for checkups.

Surprisingly, doctors who were attending the patients were fully engrossed in the free work much to surprise of many onlookers who had envisioned minting machines in doctors at many places. Both Dr Arora and his wife Upasana were seen searching for really needy patients to ensure that they get treated on priority basis.

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 Dr Arora explained​ logic behind the free camp and said it was in tune with his perception that most of people choose to avoid routine checkup due to cost involved but once they visit such camps and get themselves checked up, they know of their diseases and get it cured in time.

In most of cases people come to know of diabetes, Bp, cataract, skin diseases, heart ailments etc. By this way, serious disease are detected and avoided saving them from other problems like domestic frustrations, financial problems ​and pressure on hospitals. A bunch of healthy people waited patiently not for medical check but free lunch organized on the occasion.

Dr Arora, known philanthropist and President of Health Care Providers Associations of India, Delhi and NCR said The New National Health Policy (NHP),announced by the Federal  Government recently  holds  great hopes for millions of common people for whom ailment issues perennially  take heavy toll of their health and financial resources. The camp is in consonance of the new policy’s approach to create healthy society by preventing diseases in time. A stich in time saves nine, he said.

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Informatively, The health Ministry proposes increase in the health expenditure to 2.5 per      cent of the GDP against, the existing level of 1.2 per cent of the GDP. He said the new policy aims for attainment of the highest possible level of health and well-being for all at all ages, through a preventive and promotive health care orientation in all developmental policies, and universal access to good quality health care services without anyone having to face financial hardship as a consequence.

 A number of MLAs and MPs attended the camp and offered floral tributes at the huge statute of Dr Ambedkar and lauded facilities provided to poor and needy people on the occasion.   BJP Backward Morcha President Vinod  Sonkar , Atul Garg, Civil Supplies Minister in Yogi Aditya Nath ministry, former minister Rajpal Tyagi, Ghaziabad mayor and deputy Mayer, were among those  who participated in the camp and described services provided I. The camp as yr Tue tributes to the