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Dispur Hospitals conduct media OPD clinic

The city based Dispur Hospitals on Saturday (29 July) conducted the evening OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club, where Dr Udayan Saikia offered free consultations to over 30 media persons along with their dependents. The participants also got their weight, blood pressure & sugar checked in the camp, which was assisted by Biswajit Das and Sonmani Dutta from the same hospital.

The next camp, organized under the series of ‘Evening with a Doctor’ programs at the press club, will be graced by Dr Vijay Sankaran (neurosurgeon) from SIMS Chennai Hospital. The 5 August camp will begin at 2.30 pm and conclude by 4.30 pm.

Till date, practicing doctors from Apollo Chennai Hospital, Manipal Bangalore Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Medanta-the Medicity Hospital, GNRC Hospitals, Down Town Hospitals, Narayana Super-Specialty Hospitals, Swagat Super-Surgical Institute, Shankardev Nethralaya Guwahati, Wintrobe Hospital, Barthakur Clinic, Nemcare Hospital, Rahman Hospitals, Sun Valley Hospital, Sight First eye-clinic, Government Ayurvedic College, MMC Panbazar etc have attended the camps.

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