Heart Care Camp for Railway Employees & their families conducted by Salem Division, Southern Railway

A Heart Care Camp was organised by the Medical Branch of Salem Division, in association with the Narayana Hridayala, Bangalore, today (12.08.2015) for the Railway employees and their family members, at the Health Unit, in the East Railway Colony, Salem (behind the New Divisional Office Building). About 350 railway employees and their family members were tested for heart ailment and counselled preventive care. 

The railway employees and their family members with the following symptoms were thoroughly checked for prevalence of any heart ailment, by means of tests for blood sugar, blood pressure, echo cardiogram and ECG: Chest pains, Difficulty in breathing, Irregular pulse, Pain in shoulders, giddiness, sweating for no obvious reasons and nausea sensation. 

The camp was successfully conducted with the efforts of Dr. Ranjith, from Narayana Hridayala, Bangalore, Dr. Kalanidhi, Chief Medical Superintendent/Salem Division,  and Dr. Narasimham, Addl. Chief Medical Superintendent, Salem Division, with their team of Doctors, and medical branch of Salem Division.