Health schemes benefit people in remote areas of North-East

Efforts have been increased to provide better healthcare facilities to people living in the interior regions of the North-East. Civic administration and defence forces are organising medical camps in villages to reach out to the needy.

Thengalbari village in the Titabor Sub-division of Jorhat is one such region of Assam which lacks proper healthcare facilities. However, healthcare is now reaching these remote areas, thanks to the Mobile Medical Units under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

"We mostly focus on the remote areas where people have to cover a long distance to get treatment," said Dr. Narendra Prasad Das.

"Most of the people in this area are poor. For them, if the government and the mobile unit conduct such camps once or twice a month, it will be very good. If you provide such facilities, it will help us to maintain good health," added a local Madan Medha. he medical camps, which have been organised for free for the needy, saw hundreds of people of different age groups queued up at the venue to avail a variety of facilities, including general medical examination, ECG, vision test and ear, nose and throat check up. Free medicines were also given out to the people.

In Tripura, security forces are taking a step forward to provide health facilities in remote areas.

The first battalion of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) organised a mega health camp in the Chachu village in the Mohanpur sub-division of West Tripura under its civic action programme.

At the camp, soldiers and locals donated blood, while health and eye check-up facilities were organised for the tribal villagers and free medicines were distributed to them.

The programme is scheduled to continue throughout the month in different TSR battalions.

"Thousands of people of this area are being given facilities of health check up, including ECG, sonography and other facilities. Specialist doctors have come from ILS and GBP hospital in Agartala," said TSR Commandant Abhijit Chowdhury.

Health infrastructure in rural areas of the North-East has been badly affected due to the prolonged insurgency in the region.

With the decline in insurgency-led violence, the authorities are reaching out to the needy in remotest areas.