Media OPD clinic concludes
Guwahati: City based Barthakur Clinic Hospital conducted a brief media OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club on Saturday (23 February 2019), where nurses Lucy L Chongloi and Kapila Lama Borah checked blood pressures of the participants. It may be mentioned that the participating scribes have maintained the readings of normal blood pressure in the camp.
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The proposed themes include:
1. ‘The fruitfulness of district councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram etc, are the common people being benefited...
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