Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil, Feroz Ahmad Khan flagged off a mobile medical unit fully equipped van for CHC Zanskar from Council Secretariat on May 20.

The fully equipped ready-to-serve mobile medical unit van costing around ₹65 lakh was funded under SDP.

 Chief Medical Officer Kargil, Dr Munawar Hussain Wazir briefed about the multi-utility function of the mobile van which has been equipped with a high-tech laboratory for testing, dental unit, tent camping, inverter power as well as genset and chairs to make it ready for all angles for medical camp in the periphery of the CHCs or other remote villages.

EC Tashi expressed gratitude to Principal Secretary Health Department, UT Ladakh, and all others concerned for facilitating the multi-utility van for CHC Zanskar.

He advised BMO Zanskar and the driver to take utmost care of the high-tech van so that it could go a long way to facilitate the doctors in serving the needy patients of Zanskar.