PharmEasy Takes a Step Towards Helping Dharavi Residents Live a Healthier Life

Business Wire IndiaPharmEasy, India’s leading digital platform that connects consumers with local pharmacies and helps them fulfil their need for medication easily concluded its three-day medical camp in the Dharavi area of Mumbai today. The medical camp registered an overwhelming response from the local people with around 1300 of them receiving free medical diagnosis and care from expert medical practitioners. PharmEasy also awarded free health and hygiene kits comprising medicines and medical supplies and offered medicines at discounted prices to the residents of Dharavi.

The medical camps were conducted at Nehru Society and T-Junction, Opp. Pilavala Bangla and Sion Link Road, and Kamraj School and 90-Feet Road on 15th, 16th and 17th May respectively.

Dharmil Sheth, Co-founder, PharmEasy said, “As a keen facilitator of easy access to medication and healthier lifestyles, PharmEasy has always been dedicated to help people understand the benefit of health awareness. As one of the world’s largest slum areas, Dharavi is home to a huge population of people who are significantly underserved when it comes to proper healthcare. Through the camp, we endeavoured to give them free quality-checkups and treatments to develop a sense of awareness in them as well as to give them easy access to quality medical care.”

The camp was organised with the aim to deliver free medical check-ups including blood test, sugar test, and diagnosis of kidney functions in order to make healthy living easier for the residents of Dharavi. They were also given a detailed report on their health status. The medical camp witnessed massive enrolment in full-body check-ups and check-ups related to Diabetes, Hypertension, Chronic Infections, Anaemia, Nutritional deficiencies, Infections like Pneumonia, Typhoid, Malaria, Jaundice, etc.