By Asian Media USA (07/08/2012)

Commendable service rendered by Shree Jalaram Mandir volunteers on 4th annual health fair
Commendable service rendered by Shree Jalaram Mandir volunteers on 4th annual health fair
Asian Media USA©
Chicago IL: An annual health fair was organized at Shree Jalaram Mandir located at located at 425, Illinois
Blvd , Hoffman Estates , IL , on Sunday, April, 7, 2013. About 275 individuals availed the free services
provided at this health fairs. The health fair was it is annual community service event open to any needy
individual without consideration of race, religion, ethnicity or age People taking advantage were many devotees
and all those needy without medical insurance, visitors and others in need of medical check-up.
More than 100 enthusiastic health care volunteers of Jalaram Mandir participate in organizing this community
service event. These volunteers are also accountable for such community beneficial programs in addition to the
religious activities. The social and humanitarian activities include blood donation drive, bone marrow drive,
yoga classes, classical dance classes, music and instrument classes, youth activities didactic classes etc. One of
such large scale significant program organized by the temple volunteers is the annual health fair. This event
marked the 4th year of the health fair.
Long lines of participants arriving early in the morning to take advantage of the medical services. The main
coordinator of this event was Mr. Bakulbhai Thakkar. This healthcare started at 8.00 AM and concluded at 1.00
PM. The process started with registration of patients and filling out a health related questionnaire before they
were directed to go for health screening.
Volunteers managed the flow of patients from one station to another in a smooth fashion without much chaos or
confusion. Patients received height, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, urine analysis, Complete blood count,
comprehensive Chemistry and Lipid Profile, EKG and bone density testing. Next triage personnel directed these
patients to the specialty consultants of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dentistry,
Chiropractor, Physical Therapy and Optometry etc.
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