Army reaches out to Rajouri border hamlets with medicare camp

Army troops reached out to villagers living along Indo-Pak border in Rajouri district with a medicare camp to ameliorate their medical needs, an Army spokesman said Tuesday.

Army conducted the medical camp at the border village of Tanda Kangri in Sunderbani sub division in the district, the spokesman said.

Tanda Kangri is a border village with a large population of ex-servicemen and migratory population of Bakarwals during the winter season. The aim of the medical camp was to provide basic medical aid to the villagers and Bakarwal at their doorsteps, the spokesman said.

Doctors including a lady doctor from the Army were present to provide medical treatment and aid to the patients, he said.

The local population and Bakarwals expressed their gratitude to the Army for organizing the medical camp, he added.