Around 200 students and guardians received free medical treatment and medicines at a healthcare camp organised by the voluntary organisation South Bengal Youth Club at Utrail Pre-Cadet School in Shibchar, Madaripur, on Sunday.
The camp began in the morning on November 8, offering free dental and general medical consultations to children and their guardians.
Five doctors provided treatment to approximately 200 patients and distributed medicines free of cost.
Shibchar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) HM Ibne Mizan attended the programme as the chief guest, while the school's Headteacher Gias Uddin Mir presided over the event.
Former Shibchar Upazila BNP President Abu Zafar Chowdhury, Upazila Social Services Officer Md Nazmul Hasan and Badrul Alam Chowdhury, a member of the school's founding family, attended as special guests.
Rafiqul Islam Raja, general secretary of South Bengal Youth Club, said the organisation was established in 2020 and had since been conducting various social and humanitarian activities.
He said around 200 people received medical treatment and free medicines at Sunday's camp, adding that the organisation would continue its humanitarian initiatives in the future.
In his speech, UNO HM Ibne Mizan praised the initiative to provide dental healthcare to kindergarten students and urged the organisation to expand such activities to grassroots communities.
Teachers, students, volunteers and local dignitaries were also present at the programme.
