GUWAHATI, March 7 - Most of the lady journalists and the better-halves of the male scribes in the city showed satisfactory outcome when they underwent a general health check-up at the Guwahati Press Club here today. Only a few of the participating women in the camp were advised further consultation and treatment by the physicians.
The daylong exclusive camp for lady participants was organised by the city-based Dispur Hospital in accordance with the International Women�s Day, to be celebrated tomorrow across the globe.
The camp, which attracted over 80 participants, was conducted by female doctors and lady assistants only.
In addition to medicine and gynaecological consultations, the participants underwent normal sugar, blood pressure and thyroid tests where many of them also took the first dose of Hepatitis-B vaccine.
The second and final dose of Hepatitis-B vaccine will be administered on them on the Press Club premises on April 7.
Dr Dippy Agarwal (gynaecology) and Dr Trishnali Thakuria (medicine) attended the camp and offered medical advice to the participants, who were helped by Anjali Bhuyan, Kabita Deka and Ghunusa Devi. The camp was supervised by Dispur Hospital�s public relation officer Ujjal Saikia in association with Anijul Hussain.
