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Leprosy Screening And Health Camp Held In Cuttack

 

Cuttack: Lyflink in association with Nalco and Seed of Hope conducted its first leprosy screening and health camp at Gandhipalli of Nayabazar in Cuttack on Friday. As many as 150 people including 80 children attended the programme. They were screened by collecting nasal swabs for Z-N Stain. Dr Sarthak Patnaik and his team members, Dr Pritam, Dr Gourav, Krishna Mandal examined all the children, adults and created awareness regarding the signs, symptoms and early detection of the disease.

BMD screening, general health checkup and orthopaedic consultation were also held at the camp.

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