The health camp organised at Mayem Panchayat Hall by the Public Health Centre, Mayem, under the Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar (SNSP) Abhiyaan witnessed tremendous response from the public today, 21 September. Over 100 women and children availed various services free of cost at the camp.
Sadanand Shet Tanavade, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, who inaugurated the camp, said that initiatives like the SNSP camp would help the citizens to avoid medical emergencies to a great extent. These camps will help in improving the health of women which will lead to healthy households, he said.
“The Central government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, brings out various such initiatives for the betterment of the public. Representatives at all the levels of the government should create awareness among the public about the benefits of such initiatives,” the MP said.
Premendra Shet, MLA of Mayem, said that the health camp and other programs being organised under Seva Parva were aimed at taking the welfare initiatives to the last mile.
The MLA appreciated the doctors for their selfless services in taking health facilities to the common citizens.
Chandrakant Shetye, MLA from Bicholim Constituency; Damu Naik, former MLA; Mayem Panchayat Sarpanch, officials from the PHC and Health department were present at the function. Earlier, Dr. Urmila Gauns, Nodal Officer for the camp, welcomed the dignitaries.
Various services such general checkup, BP checkup, HB testing, diabetes screening, breast cancer screening, PAP smear test, sputum collection, chest Xray, and eye checkup were provided to the public free of cost at the camp.
The Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan, launched by Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17, marks the largest ever health outreach for women and children in India. The initiative, jointly led by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the Ministry of Women & Child Development, will involve organising more than 10 lakh health camps from 17th September to 2nd October at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, Community Health Centres, District Hospitals and other government health facilities across the country to provide women-centric preventive, promotive, and curative health services at the community level.
In Goa, the camps are being organised at all the villages by health centres and other line departments with the motto of reaching out to every eligible citizen.
