Bhubaneswar, Aug. 22 -- As many as 1,398 critically ill patients from remote areas of Malkangiri district were provided specialist and super-specialist treatment free of cost through a special camp arranged at Malkangiri District Headquarter hospital from 18 to 21 August under Mukhyamantri Bayu Swasthya Seva yojana (MBSSY).
Out of them, 260 were cardiology patients, 415 were neurology patients, 263 were under gastroenterology, 229 were under endocrinology, 231 were under nephrology, and 6 were treated through laparoscopic surgery. Besides, ECG and endoscopy diagnosis was done for 130 and 59 patients, respectively, said officials.
The team of super-specialists and consultants from SCB Medical College and Hospital joined the camp and treate...