KARACHI, Aug 18: For the benefit of the poor people affected by the worst environmental fiasco in the country’s history, a free medical camp was set up by the Sindh Police on Monday near the Jehangir Kothari Parade.

More than 200 people visited the camp. They mostly complained of skin rashes and eye infections. Some gastro-enteritis cases were also treated.

According to AIG Hussein Asghar some 16 doctors were working voluntarily at the medical camp. He said the camp was the 9th one the Sindh police had set up during a two-month period.

Dr Safdar Hussein, who looked after the technical aspects of the camp, the Ziauddin Medical University, Essa Lab and Rotary Club had collaborated in the establishment of the free camp.