Sendenyu residents avail health facilities

[caption id="attachment_179645" align="alignnone" width="550"] Medical officers from CMO office, Kohima, along with the Sendenyu villagers after the health mela on April 27.[/caption] Dimapur, April 28 (EMN): Under the aegis of National Health Mission, the establishment of the chief medical officer (CMO) of Kohima, along with the department of Health & Family Welfare, conducted health fair at Sendenyu village on April 27. A press release from the department stated that 215 people from the area turned out to avail the health services during the health fair. During a short function, CMO Dr. Ritu Thurr urged the gathering to avail the services and also to take part in the group discussions for a healthy lifestyle and to practice better health behaviour. He mentioned that stakeholders should give logistic support as the village is located far from the state’s capital. Thurr expected that the villagers will derive maximum profit from the health mela. He also reminded on the responsibilities of each and everyone in bringing about health awareness to uplift the health of the society in general. He said Sendenyu village was selected as it is far from Tseminyu block coupled with numerous health issues. Also, he mentioned that children and pregnant mothers were a priority. He expressed gratitude for huge turnout of the ‘target group.’ He spoke further about the need for community participation to bring about sustainable healthcare services through participation and active contribution. Gifts and nutritional packages were distributed to fully immunised children and pregnant mothers during the event. ICTC screenings were done for 16 clients; four clients were administered ANC. Laboratory test were provided besides free medicines and IEC materials.