Local organization will hold Health Fair at Durga Temple

On Sunday, September 13, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., a health screening and disease awareness and prevention fair will be held at Durga Mandir on 4240 Route 27, Princeton, NJ 08540. The health fair will be organized by the Indian Health Camp of New Jersey in collaboration with Durga Mandir. Indian Health Camp of New Jersey, a non-profit organization under tax exempt code 501© (3) will hold this health camp for the third consecutive year at this location in South Brunswick township.

The health fair will be open to all pre-registered participants above the age of 45 without any medical insurance. The health screening will include blood test, EKG, vision screening for glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, physical examination, cardiology and physical therapy counseling, various types of cancer screening and prevention education, chronic disease self management via ask your doctor, diabetes and stroke education, HIV testing and education, dietary counseling, pharmacy counseling and many other ancillary services to pre-registered qualified participants. Approximately 10-15 physicians and other allied health care professionals from various specialties of internal medicine, cardiology, ophthalmology, gynecology, urology, physical therapy, dietary and nutritional specialist, pharmacist, phlebotomists, EKG techs, medical assistants, nurses, social workers and medical students will provide their services on this day to screen and educate patients on diabetes, hypertension, cardiac diseases, high cholesterol, various types of cancer screening and education and other chronic debilitating diseases specifically targeted to the South Asian population. The blood test reports will be reviewed by the physicians and mailed it to all participants with a counseling note, if any abnormalities are detected in the test. The dedicated team from the State of New Jersey Commission for the Blind will provide thorough eye screening to qualified patients on this day to promote their noble cause of preventing blindness in the community.

Indian Health Camp of NJ and their dedicated committee members and volunteers will provide their self-less and dedicated service to support the health fair activities on this day. Rupen Patel of Accurate Diagnostic Labs will provide basic blood test services on this day. All pre-registered participants are requested to arrive no later than 8:30 a.m. on the day of the screening and recommended to be fasting from mid-night. The participant can continue to take their regularly prescribed medications and encouraged to drink water even in the morning of the blood test. The breakfast after the blood test and lunch will be provided to all participants and volunteers.

The registration form to participate in this health fair is available on organization web site at www.IHCNJ.org or Gujarat Darpan and Tiranga. The completed registration form can be mailed to IHCNJ, P.O. Box 5686, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 on or before the deadline of September 3, 2015. Indian Health Camp of New Jersey will hold their last health fair of 2015 on November 1, 2015, at Shree Swaminarayan Temple in Secaucus, NJ. For further details and registration form for this health fair will be available after completion of Durga Temple Health Fair in September. The influenza vaccination will be offered to qualified participants with a nominal administrative cost during the Secaucus temple health fair.

By: Dr. Tushar Patel, President