Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC), a US-based relief organization organised four day free health check-up cum awareness camps for poor and needy in Hyderabad under its 8th annual India Health Initiative (IHI) which concluded on Tuesday, January 31st .2,474 patients were treated during the four day long medical camps who after screened for vital signs and consultation were provided with free medicines.On Saturday, January 28, the first day of medical camp, 443 patients were treated for different ailments at Indo-US public school, Hafiz Baba Nagar, who were provided with free medicines after free check-up of vital health signs.On Sunday, January 29, 559 patients were treated for different ailments at medical camp in Indo-US public school, Shaheen Nagar .On Monday, January 30, 659 patients were treated at Indo-US Public School, KishanbaghOn Tuesday, January 31, the last day of medical camp in Hyderabad, 813 patients were treated at Bright Future High School, Hassan Nagar.
At 8th IHI, nine doctors from USA, Dr. Irfan Moin (Geriatrics), Dr. Jerome Stefenko (General Surgeon), Dr. John Rosenberg (ER Physician), Dr. Farida Ghogawala (Gynaecologist), Dr. MK Ahmed (Paediatrician), Dr MY Ahmed (Surgeon), Dr Sana Ahmed (Paediatrician), Dr Mohammad Haq (Internal Medicine), Dr Noureen M Haroon (Ophthalmologist) and one Clinical Pharmacist, Tenzin Jangchup are rendering their services at four in Hyderabad and four camps in Barabanki (UP), with three more camps in line at Dehradun (Uttarakhand).The India Health Initiative was started by IMRC in 2010.Since its inception, IMRC has successfully conducted seven India Health Initiatives comprising of medical camps across different rural areas, poor localities and slums in India. This annual program is unique because it provides basic education in health care with an emphasis on preventive health care to the community; and provides technical training to the local doctors and medical students.Last year, free health camps were organised for 12 days in three Indian States: Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, and Kerala from February 19 to March 6, 2016, where 5,775 poor patients were treated by US-based doctors.In the camps, patients are treated after a free check-up of vital health signs, besides free pathological tests and X-ray as well are provided at some locations with free medicines.From February 3rd to 6th, free medical camps will be held in Jahangirabad Institute of Technology (JIT) Barabanki and from February 9th to 11th 2017 at Dehradun.