CHANDIGARH, 25.09.25-Urban Ayushman Aarogya Mandir, Sector 25, Chandigarh, organised a mega health camp on the occasion of Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan’. National Health Mission, UT Chandigarh, and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, provided support for organising the camp.The camp was held from 9 am to 1 pm.

Dr Vivek Lal, Director, PGIMER Chandigarh, Dr Manjeet Singh, Nodal Officer, NHM UT Chandigarh, and other dignitaries from PGIMER and NHM Chandigarh attended the camp. Ms Poonam, Councillor, Ward 16, also attended the camp. Dr Vivek Lal addressed the gathering and said that women, being a form of God, bear enormous responsibilities in keeping themselves and their family healthy. He advised women in the audience to treat their children with affection, and ensure nutrition and education for them. Dr Manjeet Singh said that NHM has made enormous strides in helping health services reach every eligible person. He said that this is especially true for immunisation services, and organising such camps could further help boost coverage in the community.

During the mega camp, the PGIMER and NHM teams provided a holistic package of health services, with the needs of women in mind. Nursing students from PGIMER organised a play, showing how women’s health is affected by their social environment, and how they can make the right choices to stay healthy. The camp also featured various other services, such as a mobile unit for tuberculosis testing and chest X-ray, hypertension, diabetes and cancer screening, food adulteration testing stalls, awareness generation on menstrual health and anaemia, diet counselling, and generation of Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA) IDs, blood donation drive, registration for Nikshay Mitra and distribution of food baskets to TB patients. All these services were free of cost. A panel of specialists, including medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics, dermatology, ENT, Ophthalmology, psychiatry and dental specialists, provided free consultations to over 300 women. All of them received free medication. Over 80 women got their blood tested for haemoglobin. Those who were anaemic got advice and medication from the facility. Also, health workers provided vaccines to children, as per the Government of India guidelines, to protect them from various infections.

Overall, the event was well received by the community. Both patients and facility staff expressed their positive opinions about the camp, and wished for more such camps to be organised in future.