Aligarh: The Drug Society of J. N. Medical College (JNMC) at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) organized a health camp at Roravar, Shahjamal where senior doctors from the Medical College conducted health check-ups for poor people and provided them with the subscribed medicines free of cost.

The Drug Society is a non-profitable, non-political, charitable organization run by the undergraduate medical students of JNMC under the guidance and financial contribution of undergraduate, postgraduate medical students and senior doctors of the JNMC Hospital.

The Society also arranges medicine and investigations such as CT scans, USG, MRI etc. for the poor and destitute who have been admitted to JNMCH.

The camp was organized from morning to evening in which 12 senior doctors with 28 medical students and 1 vaccinator checked up a total of 717 patients and immunized 28 children against 6 fatal diseases.

Six Out Patient Departments (OPD) of Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, PSM, Ophthalmology and vaccine were set up where specialist doctors attended the patients.

Drugs worth Rs. 14,000 were distributed among the people and counseling was done on health and hygiene. World Health Organization (WHO) Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) was distributed and patients were educated about its requirement and use.

Prof. M. Ashraf Malik, Principal and CMS, JNMCH extended all support and cooperation to the Department of Community Medicine in the organization of the camp.