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GPC OPD on Nov 5

By AT News |

The acclaimed GNRC hospital will conduct the next ‘Evening with a Doctor’ program on Saturday for the benefit of Guwahati Press Club (GPC) members along with their close relatives. The free healthcare camp will be attended by neurosurgeon Dr Naba Jyoti Borah from the north Guwahati campus of the hospital. Scheduled to begin on 4 pm at press club premises and to continue till 6 pm, the camp will also provide the facility of checking the participants’ blood pressure.

The last evening camp was conducted by the city based Sun Valley hospital, known for its specialties on diabetic care, on 22 October, where Dr Tapan Sarma (Medicine) provided healthcare consultations to over 30 participants.

Dr Sarma was assisted by staff nurses namely Kiniholi Sumi, Naw Naucy, Bobi Senapoti and Rashmi Bordoloi in conducting the camp, which was also graced by Dr Bikash Bhattacharjee (Diabetology), Sun Valley hospital managing director AC Hazarika with directors AK Pathak & K Barman.

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