Officers' Training Academy organised a health screening camp on Monday on the completion of 50 years of the military hospital.
The hospital functions on the premises of the Officers' Training Academy (OTA) in Gaya. Around 200 present and former army personnel took part in the camp.
Officers' Training Academy commandant Lt General Rakesh Sharma inaugurated the camp. "Since the Officers' Training Academy became functional on July 18, 2011, several facilities have been added to the military hospital and it will be further modernised in the days to come," he said.
Neeru Sharma, the wife of Rakesh Sharma and the president of the family welfare organisation, Gaya, released a health bulletin giving useful information regarding common medical, surgical, dental, gynaecological, eye and the ear-nose-throat (ENT) diseases on the occasion.
Various blood tests, including haemoglobin, blood sugar, serum, calcium serum and cholesterol, were done on the participants of the camp.
Special equipment was used at the camp to inform the participants about their body fat composition and calcium content of bones. Body Mass Index, a parameter to diagnose and classify obesity, is being calculated for every beneficiary to bring awareness about obesity.
Screening for dental diseases, including dental caries and oral cancers, were also done at the camp. Pathologist of the military hospital, Lt. Colonel Preeti, informed the beneficiaries of common lifestyle diseases such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, alcoholism, osteoporosis, anaemia and various dental problems.
The hospital would organise a blood camp on Wednesday, in which soldiers and the National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets will take part.
The military hospital has a past. It was established in 1939 as a 1000-bed hospital to provide medical support to the British troops participating in the World War II. It was later disbanded and re-raised on April 15, 1963, to provide medical care to the troops stationed at Gaya military station and also to the former servicemen of the region.
After the establishment of the Officers' Training Academy, Gaya, the hospital was equipped with special departments, including eye, ear-nose-throat (ENT), radiology, gynaecology and pathology.
At present, the hospital provides medical care to the Officers' Training Academy troops and their families stationed in Gaya cantonment. It also provides service to former servicemen residing in Gaya, Aurangabad, Nawada and surrounding districts.
