Pampore: 110 Battalion Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) organised a free medical camp at NTPHC Lethpora in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday in which 350 patients from various areas were given free medicines.
The people, including women, children and the elderly of the area. gathered in large numbers for the health camp, officials told Kashmir Reader.
During the day-long camp, 350 patients including women along with their children were examined by a team of doctors including female doctors in the camp, and were provided free medicines.
The free camp was inaugurated by an elderly lady in the presence of Yogesh Purohit, Commandant 110 Battalion, and other officers of the unit including Deputy Commandant Suresh Kumar Yadav, Shishpal and Assistant Commandant Deepak Kumar.
Talking to Kashmir Reader Commandant Yogesh Purohit said that under the ‘Civic Action Programme’, these types of camps have been regularly organised since its deployment in the area 110 Battalion CRPF is continuously helping poor and needy people by organising various types of Civic Action Programmes.
“CRPF runs various schemes for assisting the needy and merging with the local population and for having better coordination with them and 110 Battalion CRPF is continuously organising awareness, community outreach, skill development and Free Medical Camps for the benefit of the local population,” he said.
Today, we have organised free medical camp and consultancy for those who require medical assistance and you see a large number of people turned up in the programme, Purohit said, adding that the aim of such programmes is to have good relations with locals and also help them in difficult times.
The Commandant said that it is a continuous process and 110 Battalion is periodically conducting community outreach programmes in one way or the other. In the past also, such free medical camps were organised where free medicines, sanitizers and masks, etc were distributed among locals. Such camps and community outreach programmes will continue in the future also, he added.
The local people of these areas showed great enthusiasm and also appreciated the efforts and role of Commandant 110 battalion of CRPF and his team for creating a friendly environment in the area and developing good coordination among the force and local public through their outreach programs and by organising such medical camps. They showed their happiness in the way 110 BN is assisting the locals and their positive approach to helping the surrounding localities and demanded such programs frequently.

BILAL HABIB