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| Volunteers attending to people at the health camp |
A parish in Mangalore, which was among those targeted in 2008 anti-Christian attacks, organized a free health camp for people as part of its centenary celebrations.
The camp was organized on Feb. 14 in collaboration with K. S. Hegde Medical College. Hundreds of poor people, including Hindus, were medically helped in the camp free of cost.
M. Shantarama Shetty of the medical college who opened the camp at the parish’s Silver Jubilee Hall stressed that neglecting health could prove dangerous.
He said diseases can be easily cured if detected early. He said that health cannot be purchased and therefore people should take care to nurture and preserve it.
A team of doctors from various departments of the hospital examined those at the camp, including children, and prescribed medicines.
Parish priest Father Walter D’Mello and centenary committee members were part of the organizing team.
The church was among those attacked across Karnataka in a wave of fanatic Hindu violence against Christians. The southern state witnessed at least 24 attacks on Church institutions and Christians in 2008.
The Justice B. K. Somasekhara Commission, which probed the attacks, submitted its 500-page interim report early February and called for a ban on organizations that preach or act against any religion.
Source: Mega Health Camp held as part of Milagres Church Centenary Celebrations
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