Medical team from Gem Hospital camping at Avadi

A medical team from Gem Hospital here, led by Dr P Chendilnathan, has set up a medical relief camp at Avadi, Chennai, to help rain-hit people and prevent any outbreak of disease.
CRPF in Avadi has agreed to coordinate distribution work depending on the need of the people, as four trucks of relief materials had already been sent to Chennai, by the Hospital, in association with Rotary Club of Coimbatore Spectrum.
On appeal from the Club, materials like bedsheets, milk powder, water bottles, medicines, bread, biscuits, sanitary napkins were received at three collection centres, all worth Rs 16 lakh and Rapid Action Force (RAF-105 Battalion) helped in logistics and sent the trucks with their jawans, Chendilnathan said.

The medical team has set up several relief and medical camps and will be serving different regions of Chennai for the next three days, he said.