Admn to make health card of Thehri village residents

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, June 22

Under Tandarust Punjab Mission, the district administration will conduct blood test of residents of Thehri village in Gidderbaha sub-division. Thereafter, health profile cards will also be issued to them. The free-of-cost test will be conducted of those residents who are above 25. The village has been selected under the mission as a pilot project.

Gurmel Singh, Tehsildar, Gidderbaha, said, “As of now, we are assessing the total number of people, who will be covered under the pilot project. Its aim is to conduct blood test of all residents of the village, who are above 25, and make their health profile cards. These cards will prove to be beneficial for them when they will visit any hospital.”

“If a resident is found suffering from a major disease during blood test, we will inform the Deputy Commissioner. Later, he will try to make arrangements for his or her free treatment. So far, we have selected just one village and if the pilot project achieves the desired results, it will be implemented in other villages as well,” said the Tehsildar.

He said nearly 1,200 people would be examined under the project.

“The Medical Laboratory Technologist Association is assisting us in the project. We are also tying up with some experts from the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in Faridkot to prepare a software so that the record of all these people can be uploaded on the Internet. Thereafter, any of them visits a hospital or a laboratory, his or her health profile will be available with a click,” added Gurmel.

Surprisingly, the Senior Medical Officers (SMOs) of Malout and Gidderbaha Civil Hospitals said they were unaware of the project.

Earlier, the district administration had conducted free complete blood count (CBC) test of nearly 85,000 students enrolled in government primary schools in the district. The basic purpose of conducting the health survey was to identify students suffering from anemia, leukemia, malnutrition and several other diseases. A majority of the students were found anaemic and given free medicines.