Srinagar, May 26 Over five dozen medical camps would be set up by various agencies along the twin routes leading to the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas during the annual yatra scheduled to start in July. "A total of 66 Medical Camps will be set up by the State Health Department, Army, Central Paramilitary Forces, police and NGOs along the two routes - traditional 45-km Pahalgam-cave route in Anantnag district and shorter 16-km Baltal-cave route in Ganderbal district," an official spokesman said. He said the decision was taken at a high level meeting chaired by Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), P K Tripathi here. The meeting, attended by senior officers of various security agencies and civil administration, was convened to review and rationalize the number of medical camps to be set up in the Yatra area by the Government, Army, CRPF, BSF, SSB, NGOs and others during the ensuing Yatra, scheduled to commence July 2, the spokesman said. He said the state health department would set up five base hospitals at Baltal, Chandanwari, Sheshnag, Panjtarni and the Holy Cave with specialist doctors and facilities like Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers, ECG machines, diagnostic kits, pulse oxymeter, Blood sugar and medical and surgical kits, Portable Oxygen Concentrators, Automated CPR machines, Defibrillators and Cardiac Monitors, Portable X-Ray and Ultrasound Machines. Department of Indian System of Medicines will be establishing eight Medical Camps at Baltal, Brari Marg, Nunwan, Chandanwari, Sheshnag, Panjtarni, Lower Holy Cave and two Mobile Camps which will move along with the 'Charri Mubarak', the holy mace of lord Shiva, the spokesman said. He said Army would establish six Medical camps, while BSF will establish 10 such camps, the spokesman said adding seven Medical Camps would be set up by CRPF along the routes. In addition, SSB would set up two medical camps and ITBP and local police will set up one each medical camps, the spokesman said. He said three Medical Camps would be established by different NGOs en route Yatra Track. "These Medical Camps are located at an average distance of two kms on the basis of actual conditions obtaining on the ground and keeping in view the availability of required infrastructure like water, shelter sheds, tents and sanitation facilities," he said.
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