Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, Project : Arun Jyoti organised a free operation camp in association with Coal India Ltd, North East Coal Fields, Margharita, Assam, from 16th to 21st February 2009.
For this camp, Remote Area Medical, Knoxville, U.S.A. sent a team of seven volunteer doctors. They were: Dr. G.S.Maddiwar, Dr. Krishna Deshpande, Dr. Vinayak Kulkarni, Dr. Anuradha V. Kulkarni, Dr. Mohini Gehani and Dr. Harish Pariani.
The Mobile Medical Unit of Arun Jyoti started screening the patients from December 2008 in Tirap, Changlang, Lohit, Lower Dibang Valley, west Siang and East Siang districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
In this camp, 89 patients were screened and 34 patients were operated for Gall Bladder Stone, Appendicitis, Hernia, Lumps etc.
The Coal India authority extended their full support for the cause.
On 16th February 2009, the General Manager of Coal India Mr. Debasish Sarkar inaugurated the camp with the assurance that in future also they will extend their helping hand for such programme for the poor.
Inspired by this camp, Kendra plans to organise such camps twice a year to serve more needy people of remote Arunachal Pradesh.
