An initiative to provide free walk-in medical camps for the villagers of Madu in Mannar, was established to assist them with their healthcare needs at a time where the COVID-19 pandemic has made access to check-ups and medicine very difficult.
The second instalment of these mobile medical camps were set up for villagers on Saturday (18th April), where around 100 people were able to get free medical check-ups and medicines.
The mobile camps were set up across the villages of Palampity, Thadsana Maruthamadu, Sothinagar and Poomalanthan in Madu, Mannar.
The former Northern Province health minister, Gnanaseelan Gunaseelan, helped supervise the camps.
The villagers ensured that they were practising safe social distancing measures and were wearing veils to protect their faces when they attended the mobile camps.
The first instalment of free walk-in medical camps was set up 10 days ago (13th April), where they were established in the villages of Palampity, Mullikulam and Keerisuddan in Madu, Mannar.
UK-based donors from Blackpool have assisted in paying for the set-up of these medical camps across Mannar.
