About 50 of the low-income Asian workers screened in a medical camp here on Friday were found to be suffering from hypertension, diabetes or high cholesterol.
The free medical camp at the MES Indian School was organised by the Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF) in association with Indian Medical Association – Qatar Chapter and Al Rafa Poly Clinic.
This camp provided free medical consultation and medicines to 445 low-income workers of different nationalities. The beneficiaries included 41 Nepalese, 11 Sri Lankans, 25 Bangladeshis, two Pakistanis and 366 Indians.
A team of 16 doctors, 10 paramedics from IMA and Al Rafa and five Pharmacists from Care and Cure group and around 50 ICBF volunteers provided their service to the camp.
The camp provided free screening for hypertension, diabetic and cholesterol and consultation in different areas including ENT, ophthalmology, orthopedics, dentistry and dermatology.
A series of lectures and presentations topics were also given by experts in Hindi and Malayalam languages to promote awareness about the hazards of diabetes, hyper tension and various occupational diseases.
The Medical Camp was inaugurated by Dr Al Harith M Al Khater, Chairman –Medical Research centre, Hamad Medical Corporation and Sanjiv Kohli, Minister at the Indian embassy in the presence of a host of dignitaries.
Beginning this year, ICBF will organize free medical camps for low-income workers during each quarter of the year at different places in Qatar.
The next camp will be held in Al Khor in February 2011 to cater to the large expatriate work force in Al khor and Ras Laffan.
The Peninsula