Health Camp for Flood Victims by Cottonian82
A health camp was organised by "Cottonian82" , an organisation of the alumni of Cotton College of 1982 batch, in association with KGMT Hospital, under Kuntal Goswami Memorial Trust, Mother Teresa Road, Guwahati, at Mayong on 20th August, 2017 for flood affected people.
The camp get response from around 300 villagers from Mayong and nearby villages.
Specialist from different field gave counselling to the villagers along with free medicines. Doctors rendering their services in the camp are: Dr Nivedita Goswami, Paediatricians ; Dr Bandana Baruah, Paediatrician ; Dr Nabanita Deka, Gynecologist ; Dr Pranab Das, Surgery and Dr Manashi K Bhagawati, Eye specialist.
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