Dehradun, May 9 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 8 May: The state health department took a significant stride towards extending specialist medical services to villages and towns across the state. In a significant joint initiative by the Dehradun district administration and the health department, heart patients in the capital have now begun to receive specialist consultations and diagnostic facilities at the local level. This development is expected to provide substantial relief to residents of remote and rural areas, who previously had to make frequent visits to the over-burdened Doon and Coronation Hospitals for cardiac care. In a new development, specialist cardiac Outpatient Department (OPD) services have been formally introduced at t...