A free medical camp, organised by the CIC Wakra Zone in collaboration with Allevia Medical Centre at Allevia Clinic in Meshaf, benefited more than 500 low-income workers. A team of 12 doctors and paramedical staff and about 60 CIC volunteers served in the camp. Necessary medicines were also distributed free of cost.
In her inaugural address, Wakra Health Centre director Dr Amina Ibrahim Fakhru said such camps play a great role in helping different communities to co-operate with each other and to set a noble example of mutual love. "Vedic teachings inspire us to do the same," she added.
In his presidential address, CIC acting president K C Abdullatif said 20 free medical camps have been organised by the forum in Qatar so far. Dr Abdul Wahid al-Mulla, chairman of the Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department of Hamad Heart Hospital and a leading heart surgeon, said that through such camps, the conditions leading to heart-related diseases can be diagnosed in advance and necessary precautions taken.
Sheikh Khalid bin Fahd al-Thani, office manager of Wakra Municipality managing director, lauded the initiative. Indian Cultural Centre president P N Baburajan, Indian Community Benevolent Forum president Vinod Nair and Al Wakra Hospital's senior medical manager Dr Mohamed Ayaz Khan offered felicitations.
Dr Anwar Salih Kolikkad, who was selected as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London, was presented a special award. Allevia Medical Centre psychiatrist Dr Tisha Rachel Jacob conducted an awareness class on ‘Mental health in families and kids’.
CIC Wakra Zone president Mustafa Kavilkuth delivered the welcome address and vice-president Zakir Nadvi proposed the vote of thanks. CIC officials Yasir Illathodi,
Mohamed Rafiq, Mohamed Ali, Abdul Basith, Ummer Sadiq, Rasheed Ahmed, Musheer Abdullah and K V Noorudhin were among those who led the camp.