Medical Camp set up to celebrate COMSATS Silver Jubilee.

ISLAMABAD -- COMSATS Telehealth (CTH) on Sunday organized an online medical camp and served around 200 patients at the less-privileged area of Ahmedpur Lama, a town near Rahim Yar Khan District of Pakistan.

The medical camp was a part o silver Jubilee celebrations of COMSATS.Operating since 2001, COMSATS Tele-health is being housed at COMSATS Internet Services (CIS) Technology Park, Islamabad.

With COMSATS Silver Jubilee this year, the organization's flagship projects in Pakistan have well expanded to benefit a large number of populations in areas of IT education, internet services and health.

CTH is benefiting communities in rural and less-privileged areas of Pakistan through provision of online consultancy services and specialized treatment in dermatology, gynecology, pediatrics, and gastroenterology.

The Telehealth project of COMSATS Islamabad, organized a Medical Camp in collaboration with Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) and Global Institute for Healthcare Quality (GIHQ) in the very back area of Ahmedpur Lama, a town near Rahim Yar Khan District of Pakistan.

The population around the Sona Centre where the camp was set-up is around 19000, mostly comprising of farmer community. Only one rural health centre constitutes the medical facilities in the area.

The two-day camp served around two hundred...

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