By NJ Thakuria

Guwahati: Emphasizing on preventive healthcare initiatives for the media persons along with their close relatives, the Guwahati Press Club  initiates for a special program titled ‘Evening with a Doctor’

at the press club premises on every Saturday evening.

The first program of the series begins on 20 August 2016, where  Dr Kashyap Kr Das (Department of Medicine, Dispur Hospitals) is attending the OPD clinic for providing free consultations on healthcare issues to the participants. They will also get the chance to check their blood pressure during the period.

It may be mentioned that a doctor’s chamber was constructed on the press club campus, which was sponsored by Dr Jayanta Bardoloi of Dispur Hospitals. The new room was  inaugurated by young citizens Dhiman, Kristi, Shantanava, Arya, Shambhavi, Nistha and Arunava on the occasion of 70th Independence Day.

The weekly program (5 pm to 8 pm)  will be graced by practicing doctors from different departments representing government and private hospitals of Assam in  northeast India.  Besides personal healthcares, the initiative is expected to help the scribes to understand various aspects of healthcare in a better way that might encourage them to cover the issue with more credibility & authenticities.