Trinamul Congress national general secretary and party’s MP from Diamond Harbour Abhishek Banerjee visited a Sebaashray 2 camp at Satgachia this afternoon.
The camps at Satgachia began on 2 January and will continue till 8 January. Sebaashray 2 is the brainchild of Mr Banerjee. Under the initiative, free medical assistance is given to the people, who live in the areas that fall under Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat. There are seven Assembly segments.
The camps are held in each Assembly seat for seven days. Camps have already been held at Maheshtala, Metiabruz, Budge Budge, Bishnupur. After Satgachia, camps will be held in Falta and Diamond Harbour. The camps will continue till 28 January. From 24 January to 26 January follow up camps will be held in each Assembly segment.
There was overwhelming response from the people when Mr Banerjee visited the camp set up on the football ground of Satgachia Vidyanagar Multipurpose Higher Secondary School.
Nineteen camps are being held in Satgachia. Mr Banerjee talked to the visitors and ensured every possible medical help. He urged the doctors to take care of a patient, who is suffering from cancer.
Diagnostic tests are conducted free-of-cost and medicines are given free. The doctors refer the critical patients to state-run hospitals and private health care establishments. Already 40 people underwent cataract surgery.
Till date, 1.73 lakh people have visited the camps. Nearly 4,000 people have registered in the Satgachia camp. Out of these 2,315 people were given medicines while 2,478 people underwent diagnostic tests while 11 people were referred to hospitals.