Medical camp marking Durga Puja held at Singra

SINGRA, NATORE, Oct 20: A free medical camp provided treatment and medicines to about 2,500 underprivileged patients on Wednesday at the Damdama Dattapara Durga Temple in Singra Municipality of the district, to mark the Hindu festival of Durga Puja.

Organised by the temple committee, the day-long camp featured six physicians specialising in medicine, neurology, dermatology, sexual health and other fields. The doctors included Shantanu Kumar Saha, Joydeb Kumar Saha and Iti Ghosh.

Temple Committee President Binod Kumar Dutta, General Secretary Shankar Chakraborty and other Hindu community leaders attended the event.

Shantanu Kumar Saha, who organised the camp, said the initiative is held annually during Durga Puja to help people in need. Patients received both free medical consultations and medicines, he said. This was the camp’s 18th edition.