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Navy's health care camp at Nachchikuda

In connection with the 62 Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Navy, North Central Command has been conducted a health camp at Nachchikuda recently.

The medical camp had been attended by more than six hundred people residing in the area which was organized with the assistance of the civil medical officers from Mannar District Hospital and Medawachchiya Base Hospital.

Spectacles has been distributed among the elderly people (129) those who appeared for vision correction for nearsightedness and farsightedness on free of charge basis. As well specialists attention was drawn to the patients those who emerged with chronic ailments.

In addition to the eye clinic, Child growth/development was screened and medical advices with treatments had been given at the event.

Other diseases such as asthma, infections, nutritional disorders, diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, and obstetric/gynaecological, dental, ENT and skin diseases were also treated.

Number of recipients of the treatments had been praised the Navy for their utmost commitment in social welfare oriented work.