Mahendra Narain Foundation to Launch More Health Program
Patna: November 9, 2006
On the eve of birth anniversary of eminent physician Dr. Mahendra Narain, the Dr Mahendra Narain Foundation will be launching many more health program in Bihar in early part of 2007, the late doctor's son Amit Narain said in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The program will focus mainly on heart-related ailments and hypertension and will chiefly serve the segment of the society that cannot afford treatment for related diseases, he said.
Narain also expressed his gratitude to the doctors and volunteers who participated in the health camp earlier held last April during which more than 300 patients received free advice, treatment and medicines. He also thanked Vidyawati Eye Trust, Patna, and the Ram Krishna Mission Ashram in Patna for their assistance in carrying out the Diabetic Retinopathy project and Heart Check up camps respectively.
Prof. Konka Mallick Verma of Manchester, UK, would donate an ambulance to the Trust for health projects, Narain said.
On behalf of the foundation, he also thanked Dr Ashok Seth, Cardiologist, Max Hospital, New Delhi, and Prof. Randeep Guleria, Prof. of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi for delivering the first memorial lecture.
In honor of the noted physician who died in April 2005, a gold medal in the name of Dr. Mahendra Narain was also announced to be awarded each year to the topper of MBBS (final) of Patna Medical College and Hospital, Narain said.
Information about projects that are already underway, along with any future announcements, would be made on the Foundation's website www.mahendra-narain.com.
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