Lalitpur Apr. 27: Nepal-Pakistan Friendship and Cultural Association (NPFCA) organised a 19th free medical camp on the premises of Shree Buddha Secondary School at Lele of Godawari Municipality on Saturday.

Nepali doctors graduating from Pakistan served over 300 patients including the elderly, children, women and those from the lower strata of society.

Doctors checked up patients with diabetes, ENT disease, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Patricians, gynecologists and orthopedic doctors also provided the service to needy patients.

Opening the medical camp, Pakistani ambassador to Nepal Abrar H. Hashmi said that Pakistan and Nepal are good friends and have been enjoying sound relations since the establishment of their diplomatic ties in 1960. 

“I am hopeful that the medical camp will further boost the people-to-people ties between the two countries,” he added.

NPFCA president Dr. Manju Ratna Sakya said that his organisation had been organising the medical camp in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Kavrepalanchowk to benefit those who did not have access to quality health facilities.

Godawari Municipality-6 Ward Chairman Bishnu Man Maharjan said that local people benefitted from the medical camp and this type of medical services should be organised in the villages where the people are devoid of basic health facilities. Ambassador Hashmi handed over sanitary pads, electronic and stationery items to the school.