Pakistan Red Crescent (PRC) Mohmand Agency branch organized a free medical camp in the border areas of Khewezai Baizai at Bahi Daag in the Mohmand agency.
The camp was organized by joint efforts and cooperation of local administration as well as health department while frontier crops FC provided security to the free medical staff. In the camp around 502 around 502 patients including male 172, children 142, female 188 were examined and given free medicines. The patients at medical camp were asked to adopt preventive measures to protect themselves from plethora of diseases.
Dr Pervez Khan of PRC FATA told the participants of a medical camp in Mohmand Agency that treatment of diseases was expensive and majority of people were unable to afford its cost. He said, prevention was the better option as it cost nothing. Speaking at the concluding day of the medical camp, he said that those camps were meant to provide free treatment to people besides raising their awareness level about prevention of diseases.
Haji Tahir Akbar Mohmand a local elder appreciated the political administration and security forces of the agency, locals, doctors and the paramedical staff for extending support and making the effort a success.
Pakistan Red Crescent FATA Secretary Saeed Kamal told that free medical camp were held in the most backward areas of Mohmand agency to facilitate the poor tribesmen on their doors steps. He said that PRC is trying to establish a welfare health unit in the area very soon, where doctors would also be appointed for free healthcare services to the tribesmen.
Local tribesmen showed gratitude over the free medical camp and demanded that the surgeons and medical specialists should be permanently appointed in the area hospital.