PAMPORE: A free medical camp was organised by 110 Battalion CRPF at Galender Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday wherein the people gathered in large numbers to get their health issues addressed.
The 110 Battalion Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) along with the team of AYUSH department Pulwama organised a free medical health check-up camp and distributed free medicines under the Civic Action Programme for residents of Galander, Patalbagh, Kandizal, Chandhara and Gurjar Basti and other nearby villages of Pampore area.
People including women, children and senior citizens of the area gathered in large numbers for the health camp and more than 300 people took benefit of the camp. It was inaugurated by an elderly citizen of Galander 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 Sandeep Tripathi.
Nearly 300 patients including a large number of women along with their children were examined in the camp and were provided free medicines. A specialist for consultation and treatment regarding Skin ailments from SKIMS was also part of the camp.
“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,” officials told Kashmir Reader.
“Today, we 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, ” Yogesh Purohit said, adding that the aim of such programmes is to have a good relationship with locals and also help them in difficult times.
He said that it is a continuous process and 110 Battalion is periodically conducting community outreach programmes in one or the other way. “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 programs will continue in the future also,” he said.
The local people of these areas showed great enthusiasm and 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 forces and the public through their outreach programs and by organising such medical camps. They showed their happiness over the way 110 Battalion is assisting the locals and their positive approach to helping the surrounding localities and demanded such programs frequently.

BILAL HABIB