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Experienced doctors to conduct GPC clinic

Three city based physicians will conduct today's evening OPD at Guwahati Press Club for the benefit of scribes along with their dependents. Dr Manabendra Goswami (Surgery), Dr Arunima Goswami (Medicine) and Dr Ayona Barthakur (Gynecology) from Barthakur Clinic, Kharghuli will be available for free consultations from 4 pm to 6 pm at the press club premises. The participants will also get the facility to check their blood pressure & sugar too in the Saturday camp.

Earlier, a group of physicians from the Government Ayurvedic College, Jalukbari conducted the last weekly evening OPD at the press club. Led by Dr Jayanta Sarmah and Dr Neelakshi Devchoudhury, the group comprising of Dr Chiranjib Mahanta, Dr Ruman Hussain, Dr Purnima Deuri and Dr Susmita Pegu examined the health status of the participants with random blood sugar, blood pressure and BMI tests.

They were also offered health related consultations by the attending physicians. The camp was supported with necessary sample medicines by Himalaya, Charak and Franko India Pharma Company, which were represented by Indraneel Mitra Thakur, Arun Basfor, Sandeep Choudhury, Bhabesh Sarma, Utpal Kalita, Nabajeet Kaur and Bishnu Saikia. Till date, practicing physicians from Dispur Hospitals, Down Town Hospitals, GNRC Group of Hospitals, Narayana Super-Specialty Hospitals, Swagat Super-Surgical Institute, Wintrobe Hospital, Nemcare Hospital, Sun Valley Hospital, Sight First eye-clinic, Apollo Hospitals Chennai etc had conducted the weekly camps.

Similarly, Medanta-The Medicity Hospital Gurgaon, Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya Guwahati, Gauhati Medical College, Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad, Rahman Hospital etc have shown interest in conducting the healthcare consultation programs in the coming days at the press club.

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