Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration is holding ninth free pollen allergy relief camp at Aabpara Community Centre Islamabad from April 3. All medicines would be provided free of cost to the allergy patients at the camp. Chief Commissioner, Islamabad, Tariq Mahmood Pirzada said maximum relief and treatment facilities would be provided to the patients at the camp.
He said the administration had been holding those free allergy camps since 2003 in pollen allergy season with the active support and co-operation of known allergy experts, philanthropists, chemists of the city and pharmaceutical companies and tens of thousands allergy patients had been benefited from the services of this camp. He urged philanthropists and chemists to come forward and donate maximum medicines for the patients.
Timings of the camp would be from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm and it would also be functional on Sunday. The camp would have separate counters for female, male and children patients, where three types of treatments facilities including homeopath, allopath and Tib-e-unani would be provided.
It would be up to the patients to opt for any type of treatment facilities. The camp would be functional till the end of pollen count in the air. Known allergy experts Dr Osman Yousaf, Dr Zaman, Dr Athar Rana, Hakeem Rizwan Hafeez and Dr Nasir Chaudhary would provide their counselling services for the camp. Medical Officers and para medics of District Health Department Islamabad have been assigned special duties for the camp.