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Heath camp in press club

By Azlina Khanam |

On the occasion of 26th anniversary celebration of downtown hospital, a general health check-up camp for scribes with their close family members is organized in Guwahati Press Club tomorrow (5 February 2015). The check-up and consultation will start at 10 am and continue till 3 pm.

Physicians from various departments like General Medicine (Dr Swapnav Borthakur, Dr Nitin Naharkar), Cardiology (Dr Dipannita Mahanta), Diabetology (Dr Rupam Das), ENT (Dr Dhruba Jyoti Dutta, Dr Srikanth Medam),Gynecology (Dr Monti Saha), Pediatrics (Dr Kahkasa Rahman Choudhury), HPB & Liver Transplant (Dr Dibya Jyoti Bora), Dermatology (Dr Saradi Sreemoyee) with physiotherapist Dr Arindam Deb, dietician Ms Tiababy Baruah will be available for necessary consultations.

Moreover general checking of blood pressure, blood sugar, ECG (in need) will also be organized in the camp, where the chairman cum managing director of the city based hospital Dr NN Dutta is also expected to grace the camp for some time.

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