Mobile Clinic for the community of Elahera Medical Officer of Health area in the Polonnaruwa District – 12.03.2021

A mobile clinic for the community of Elahera Medical Officer of Health area in the Polonnaruwa District was conducted on the 12th March 2021 at the Bakamoona Divisional Hospital belonging to Elahera MOH area of Polonnaruwa. All the participants were screened for leprosy and various skin diseases and medicines prescribed accordingly. Those in need of further care were referred to the dermatology clinic of the Polonnaruwa General Hospital. The clinic was conducted with the support of the Regional Epidemiologist and his staff, Dermatologist of the Medirigiriya Base Hospital, Medical Officer and his staff of the mobile clinic, the Supervisory Public Health Inspector of the area and Public Health Inspector for Leprosy along with the FAIRMED Project Officer in the Polonnaruwa District.