Hailakandi administration organized screening camp for differently-abled persons

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HAILAKANDI: A district-level screening for specially-abled persons was organized by the district administration in association with Childline (1098) and Health department at SS College here on Friday, stated a press release.

For the first time, disability tests were conducted in the district, thanks to the initiative of Deputy Commissioner Megh Nidhi Dahal. Differently-abled persons turned up at the venue to avail the opportunity provided. The screening camp acting as one-stop centre for specially-abled persons consisted of doctors from Psychiatry, ENT, Orthopaedic, Pediatrics and Ophthalmology departments of SK Roy Civil Hospital and Silchar Medical College and Hospital.

Rapid Antigen Tests for detection of corona were conducted at the entrance of the venue. Around 402 differently-abled persons and their attendants underwent the tests. NGOs like Ekota came forward to distribute face masks free of cost to the attendees at the camp.

Around 150 provisional disability certificates were distributed to the differently-abled persons.

Circle Officer of Hailakandi, Tridib Roy, who was deputed as a magistrate for the camp, thanked the doctors, volunteers of Childline (1098) and DDMA for their collective efforts in making the camp a hugely successful one. Roy disclosed that the administration was planning to hold such camps at regular intervals in the near future.

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