Army conducts medical camp at Tawang Nunnery in Arunachal Pradesh

CORRESPONDENT

ITANAGAR: The Indian Army, in collaboration with the Tawang district administration, organized a free medical camp at Bramdungchung Nunnery in the border district on Saturday, wherein specialists like dental, gynaecology, medicine, and ENT, along with lab and x-ray facilities, were provided to the nuns and nearby villagers. More than a hundred patients benefitted from the free medical camp.

Tawang DC Kesang Ngurup Damo and Commander of Tawang Brigade Brigadier N M Bendigeri inaugurated the camp and distributed free warm blankets to all the nuns of the nunnery. The blanket distribution programme was organized by the Arunodaya Welfare Society as a continuation of its earlier programme of blanket and jacket distribution to all the monks and nuns of Tawang, which was sponsored by Gurgaon-based NGO Hans Foundation.

The DC asked the nuns and workers to take maximum benefit from the medical camp having so many facilities at their doorstep. He expressed his gratitude to the NGO for sponsoring blankets this year and providing four ambulances, jackets for monks and nuns, and four generators for nunneries last year. He conveyed his gratitude to the Indian army for organizing free medical camp with specialist facilities in nunneries and extending support to civilians whenever asked for. Earlier, the army doctors raised awareness about TB and its causes and symptoms.