Abhishek’s initiative: About 300 free health camps to come up with over 500 doctors

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee has chalked out an elaborate plan to hold health camps in all the seven Assembly segments under Diamond Harbour Constituency where the people will be able to undergo health check-up free-of-cost.

Sources said that while attending the Bijoya Sammelani programme at Amtala party office, Banerjee gave an outline how the camps can be held. Diamond Harbour MP cup tournament may not take place this year. To provide better attention to the health issues of the people under his constituency, Banerjee might have come up with the idea of holding health camps.

Banerjee was learnt to have given specific instruction so that the camps can be started from December 10-15. At least 300 health camps will be opened in all the seven Assembly areas under Diamond Harbour. Camps will be made operational for 30-45 days. A total of 500-600 doctors will attend the camps on a regular basis. Incidentally, during Covid period, health camps were set up in Diamond Harbour to provide treatment to the patients. The Diamond Harbour model became popular.

Banerjee on Saturday met his party leaders from Diamond Harbour in the party office in Amtala. After coming back from the USA following his eye surgery, Banerjee made his first public appearance last Thursday on the occasion of his birthday when he interacted with his supporters outside his residence in Kalighat.

Hundreds of Trinamool supporters and people from various parts of South 24-Parganas gathered on both sides of Amtala, to catch a glimpse of Abhishek as he was going to attend the Bijoya Sammelani on Saturday.

Banerjee on Saturday introduced a help desk so that the people in Diamond Harbour can inform their grievances to the MP. He had earlier introduced “Ek Daake Abhishek” to listen to the public grievances and it became very popular among the people from his constituency.