Guwahati, June 1: A health camp organised at the premises of the Forest Range office of Pobitora Wildlife
Sanctuary in Morigaon district of Assam on May 30, provided service to 110 participants including 87
forest staff engaged in the sanctuary and 23 villagers living close to the wildlife habitat.
The camp was organised in collaborative mode by Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary authority, Assam Health and
Family Welfare Department and Aaranyak with support from Zoo Berlin under the objective of facilitating
human wellbeing in and around wildlife protection areas. Pobitora WLS is known for its highest density
population of Greater One Horned Rhinoceros in the world.
A team of three doctors — Dr Nozmul Hoque, Dr Paranjoy Hazarika, Dr Dipak Chandra Deka –and 11 other
medical staff attended to participants who were checked up in the camp as well as provided health related
advices and free medicines. The camp was supervised by Dr P C Pator, SDM & HO of Jhargaon Block of
Morigaon district.
The Range Officer of Pobitora WLS, Ujjal Choudhury took the lead in facilitating the camp along with Dr
Deba Kumar Dutta, Deputy Director of Rhino Research and Conservation Division (RRCD) of Aaranyak
with proactive assistance from Aaranyak, Researcher Ujjal Bayan, consultant Dr Khanin Changmai,
Research Assistant Abhinav Bardaloi and volunteer Dhritiman Sonowal. RRCD consultant and Aaranyak
Publicity Secretary Bijay Sankar Bora facilitated documentation of the camp with support from PRO
Gunajit Mazumdar. Aaranyak official Suranjan Sharma also attended and helped in organising the camp.
Dr P C Pator, SDM & HO of Jhargaon Block of Morigaon district lauded Aaranyak and Assam Forest
Department for facilitating the health camp and expressed interest in collaborating for more such camps in
future in the greater interest of community members and frontline forest personnel who work round-the-
clock to protect precious wildlife and bio-resources.
