Doctors who participated in the Guyana Pandit’s Council and Hindu Parishad’s first medical outreach for the year at Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice found most of the 120 persons treated suffered ailments that were the result of poor lifestyles.
The exercise, spearheaded by Pt Rudra Sharma and other senior members of the council, saw 36 volunteers comprising five doctors: Dr Anilia Ramphal, Dr Varun Budhram, Dr Alesha Bulkan, Dr Abdool Rayaad Sabhan and Dr Carl Niamatali; pharmacists Meenakshi Baldeo and Sanjay Patel; lab technicians Amrita Umar and Zenol Agvilar and nurse Gillian Woodroofe, along with devotees from the mandir travelling to the community on Sunday, according to a press release.
It was facilitated in the building of the Vedanta Academy, a school for local children. Persons were registered and numbered then they were given the opportunity to have their blood pressure and blood sugar tested. They were then treated for various ailments and given prescription medicine, all of which was provided by the team. The team found that
