Bhubaneswar: Providing healthcare at the doorstep of Rairangpur in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, Armed Forces Medical Services AFMS) treated over 4000 patients and performed 365 sight-restoring surgeries in three days at Rairangpur Mega Multi-Speciality Camp.
Doctors, dental surgeons and paramedics of the AFMS have attended the patients free of cost participating in the Camp and the 12th edition of Operation DRISHTI.
The AFMS chose Rairangpur, the home town of President of India Ms. Droupadi Murmu, for many families in the villages of Mayurbhanj, a specialist is a long and costly journey away, and a visit to a distant city often means lost wages and postponed treatment. Through Operation Drishti, the AFMS brought that specialist care to the doorstep of the people.
At Rairangpur, the series of mega surgical eye camps was extended into a multi-speciality format, bringing ophthalmology, cardiology, nephrology, dermatology, dental and general medicine together under one roof. A patient could be screened, investigated, treated and, where needed, referred onward within the same campus, with Army personnel guiding each of them with patience, dignity and warmth.
Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja, Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS), visited the Mega Multi-Speciality Medical Camp at Rairangpur. He met patients waiting for consultation and interacted with patients. In the post-operative ward, he spoke to patients who had undergone eye surgery and presented them with medicine kits. He appreciated the efforts of the entire team.
