MEDICAL CAMPS

Community Welfare Wing of the Consulate has been organizing free Medical Camps at the Consulate premises on a monthly basis for those workers who are not covered by any medical insurance and for those unskilled and semi-skilled workers who cannot afford exorbitant medical treatment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Medical teams from various hospitals/clinics visit the Consulate every second thursdays of the month from 2.00 P.M to 5.00 P.M. to examine the patients and give them advice on their ailments. The medical examination, blood pressure check and some minor tests are also carried out. Cases, which require additional investigations, are referred to eminent Indian doctors. In addition, free medical counseling is also provided to patients. The medicines prescribed by the doctors in the camps, for the deserving cases, are given free of cost on the spot itself. These camps have been very successful so far. A considerable number of workers have benefited from these camps.   However, the beneficiaries of these camps are confined to the workers living in Jeddah area only. We have been receiving requests from Community leaders from different parts of the consular jurisdiction of Jeddah for such Medical camps, who are unable to travel to Jeddah to avail of this facility. Accordingly, as a pilot project, Consulate in collaboration with community leaders from Taif very successfully organized a free medical camp in Taif on 8th July 2011. This Consulate proposes to organize more Medical Camps in various cities of the Consular jurisdiction of Jeddah.