Free Medical Camp Held in Okara on February 26, 2023

Transparent Hands recently set up a free medical camp and a preventive health care session as part of a life-saving program to help poor people get free medical care. The free medical camp was held in the village of Phularwan Wazirke, Hujra Shah Muqeem, Okara. 

Free Consultations, Medicines, and Diagnostic Tests

Our medical team, which included doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, provided a wide range of healthcare services to 278 deserving patients. Services offered at the camp were: 

• Free Consultations
• First Aid
• Medicines 
• Hepatitis B & C Screenings 
• Blood Sugar Test
• Blood Pressure Checkup
• Uric Acid Test
• Cholesterol Test
• Typhoid Test

Most Common Diseases 

The patients were diagnosed with a wide range of health problems, such as fever, flu, cough, asthma, seasonal allergies, kidney pain, weak eyesight, cardiovascular issues, typhoid, chest infection, PCOS, urine infection, toothache, hepatitis B and C, and diarrhea. 

Preventive Healthcare Session

A doctor held a preventive healthcare session for all attendees at the medical camp. The doctor briefed the attendees to raise awareness about Hepatitis B and C, and discussed its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. 

Impact 

This free medical camp impacted and helped 278 patients and their families by addressing their medical needs in various ways. The patients were provided with free health consultations, disease detection and diagnosis, medicine distribution, and patient referrals to our panel hospitals for further treatment. The doctor at the camp also told people about different health problems to encourage them to live healthy lives. 

Thousands of donors across the world are helping  Transparent Hands champion the noble cause of providing quality healthcare facilities to underprivileged people living in different parts of the country.    

Medical Camp Team 

The team of free medical camp in Okara consisted of 15 members, including one supervisor, four doctors (three males, one female), two staff nurses, two pharmacists, one lab technician, two registrars, one photographer, and two crew members.